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Shamrock, Crown and Crescent: The Remarkable Life of 19th Century Mercenary, Eugene 'Hassan Bey' O'Reilly (1828-1873)

Shamrock, Crown and Crescent: The Remarkable Life of 19th Century Mercenary, Eugene 'Hassan Bey' O'Reilly (1828-1873)

Ronan, Gerard

Paperback

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ISBN13: 9798895879306
Publisher: Staten House
Published: Nov 28 2024
Pages: 308
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the mid-19th century, the name of Eugene O'Reilly was known to millions as a byword for courage and controversy. A hero of the Young Ireland rebellion and a mercenary in the Hungarian, Sardinian and Turkish Cavalry, he was a man of complex loyalties whose exploits read like an epic novel of gallantry, espionage and political machination. His name was rarely out of the papers; his life anything but ordinary.

Rumoured to be the illegitimate son of British statesman Lord Palmerston, his groundbreaking leadership of a Turkish regiment of tribal horsemen during the Crimean War saw him headhunted for a similar position in the British Army, where he became notorious as the accuser in the 'Beatson Mutiny'. In post-war Turkey, he would gain further renown as a judge on a precursor of the International Criminal Court and as the instigator of a failed attempt to raise the Bedouin of the Hauran against their Ottoman overlords in pursuit of an independent Syria.

A tale of adventure, betrayal, and unrelenting ambition, Shamrock, Crown and Crescent recounts the dramatic rise and fall of one of the 19th century's most extraordinary figures: a man who defied the odds at every turn.

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