Heart of Exile. eart of Exile. ISBN is 9780170061704 / 0170061701
Heart of Exile: Ireland, 1848, and the Seven Patriots Banished; Their Adventures, Loneliness, and Loves in Three Continents as They Search for Refuge
by Adam-Smith, Patsy

Publisher:Nelson, 1986
Edition:Hardcover
Language:English

About the book:
The story of seven Irish patriots sent as political prisoners to Australia in 1848. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Picnic; 1. The Legacy of the Lovers; 2. The Seven Eagles; 3. Paddy’s Pig; 4. The Nation; 5. ‘Wifey’ and ‘Hubby’; 6. Death of the Song Maker; 7. The Starvation; 8. ‘Something to Eat’; 9. The Year of Revolutions; 10. The Curse of Swift; 11. Killing Time; 12. The Suspension of Habeas Corpus; 13. The Battle of Widow McCormack’s Cabbage Patch; 14. A Crime of High Treason; 15. Treason-Felony; 16. Mourn for the Lost Children; 17. Voyage of the Swift; 18. Balsam in the Forest; 19. Maria Island; 20. ‘Lips that are Near’; 21. The Pirate; 22. A Promise not to Escape; 23. Jennie; 24. The First of the Bolters; 25. The Hour of Deliverance; 26. Nicaragua Strikes; 27. At Last the Stars and Stripes; 28. ‘Life is a Pantomime’; 29. Crosses; 30. To Arms! To Arms!; 31. The Fenian Chief; 32. The Last of the Traitors; 33. The Tolling of the Bell; 34. ‘A Great Aim and a Cause’; Sources; Index