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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated. 24 cm. VII, 320 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers. Seller Inventory # 54553
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated. 24 cm. VII, 320 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers, name on flyleaf. Seller Inventory # 54554
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. THE TRUE STORY OF THE EXILE TO AUSTRALIA OF FATHER WILLIAM HACKETT, IRISH JESUIT, WHO UNTIL HIS EXILE IN 1922 HAD BEEN CLOSE TO THE CENTRE OF THE PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLIC'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN. IN AUSTRALIA HACKETT SOUGHT OUT DANIEL MANNIX, ARCHBISHOP OF MELBOURNE, FAMOUS FOR HIS IRISH REPUBLICAN STANCE AND OPPOSITION TO CONSCRIPTION. THIS EVENTUALLY LED HACKETT INTO THE CENTRAL POLITICAL CONTROVERSY OF 1950'S AUSTRALIA, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S COVERT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANTI-COMMUNIST LEADERS OF THE LABOUR MOVEMENT. Seller Inventory # 004320