Francis Plowden (1749--1829) came from a Recusant family in Shropshire and was educated at Saint-Omer. After some time in the Jesuit Order he became a conveyancer at Middle Temple before being called to the Bar in 1796. Thereafter he increasingly devoted his time to political and historical research, writing extensively on Church--State relations. His most famous work, An Historical Review of the State of Ireland, was published in 1803. Its harsh criticism of government policy and administration involved him in a series of ...
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Francis Plowden (1749--1829) came from a Recusant family in Shropshire and was educated at Saint-Omer. After some time in the Jesuit Order he became a conveyancer at Middle Temple before being called to the Bar in 1796. Thereafter he increasingly devoted his time to political and historical research, writing extensively on Church--State relations. His most famous work, An Historical Review of the State of Ireland, was published in 1803. Its harsh criticism of government policy and administration involved him in a series of skirmishes with Sir Richard Musgrave, historian of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Unperturbed, Plowden issued the enlarged edition of the work under the title here and then proceeded to write the continuation below. Both works have proved an important resource for subsequent historians such as John Mitchel and seek to redress the anti-Catholic histories of Ireland then prevalent. --out of print, uncommon and essential history of Ireland --revised and enlarged reworking of the controversial An Historical Review of the State of Ireland (1803) --important resource for subsequent Irish historians --Whig viewpoint, critical of government policy and administration
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Very Good. 2 Volumes complete, Facsmilie of 1809 edition, in green bindings with gilt titles on the spine, the slightest of shelfwear to extremities of covers, otherwise fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 2 vols. 1160 p. Irish Library.
