Memoirs of Captain Rock. The Celebrated Irish Chieftain, with Some Account of his Ancestors. Written by Himself. London; Longman, Hurst, 1824. Fourth Edition. Pp vii, 195. Sm 8vo. Original half vellum cloth boards; cloth lightly worn and stained, contents in very good condition.

Thomas Moore’s work is an indictment of English misrule in Ireland and a history of Ireland from the standpoint of a Whiteboy agrarian agitator. It argues that English misrule begets Irish violence.