The Liberator: His Life and Times. Political and Social. Kenmare Publications, [1885]. Two Volumes. Green cloth boards, elaborately decorated in gilt. Light shelf-wear to boards, inner hinge repaired to vol. 2, scattered spotting to contents but generally a good set.

Illustrated throughout with steel engraved plates & textual drawings.

Mary Francis Cusack (1832-1899) also known as The Nun of Kenmare was a Catholic convert and founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. A prolific author and Irish nationalist this is the scarce two volume edition of her popular biography of the great Irish patriot published circa 1885.