Charles Stewart Parnell. His Love Story and Political Life. With Two Rembrandt Photogravures and 16 Plates. Two Volumes. London: Cassell, 1914. First Edition. Pp (1) xvii 274; (11) 289. Maroon cloth titled in gilt, light fading to cloth, otherwise a very good set.

The memoirs of Katherine Wood Parnell (1845-1921), wife of the charismatic Irish leader. Their long extramarital affair resulted in a very “political” divorce trial that fascinates even today.