My Lords of Strogue, Vol. 2 (of 3) / A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union

This chronicle reconstructs a turbulent period in Ireland through interwoven political and personal episodes: reformers, landed magnates, agitators, and women caught between loyalty and action navigate conspiracies, secret missions to solicit foreign aid, recriminations, and reprisals. It alternates street-level disturbances, parliamentary debate, and clandestine meetings, tracing how idealism, vanity, and fear propel plots that meet government suppression, military presence, and legal punishments. Intimate relationships and small loyalties shape decisions as much as grand strategy, and mounting hysteria, riots, and retaliatory violence foreshadow tragic consequences for both leaders and ordinary participants.