Some lives are so full and complex and important they can be relived on the printed page in many ways. Roger Casement was one such man and his peripheral role in the 1916 Rising is a story that grows on the page. The Norweigan is a grifter, playing both Casement and the British, whom he first approached offering to spy on Casement. Casement joined in Germany by Joseph PlunkettCasement is joined in Germany by Joseph Plunkett, another doomed figure of supreme courage. His executioner later noted that Casement “appeared to me the bravest man it fell to my unhappy lot to execute”.

Source: Irish Examiner April 03, 2026 21:36 UTC