{"product_id":"valiant-gentlemen-9780802127280","title":"Valiant Gentlemen","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2016; A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice; a \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Fiction Book of 2016; a \u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e Top 25 Books of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A novel as vigorous, audacious and unpredictable as Casement himself . . .  Murray] translates the past into a present as immediate as it is unnerving.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Written beautifully, from the point of view of a writer who cares deeply.\" --\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An imaginative exploration of the tragedy of lost friendship.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top 100 Books of 2016, \u003ci\u003eValiant Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic and bold novel of friendship and betrayal set across four continents and a 40 year timespan. Reimagining the lives and intimate friendships of humanitarian and Irish patriot Roger Casement; his closest friend, Herbert Ward; and Ward's wife, the Argentinian-American heiress Sarita Sanford, in \u003ci\u003eValiant Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e Sabina Murray takes the reader on an intimate journey, from Ward and Casement's misadventurous youth in the Congo to Ward's marriage to Sarita and their flourishing family life in France, to Casement's covert homosexuality and eventual involvement in Irish politics. \u003ci\u003eValiant Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e is a uniquely human account of some of early 20th century's larger historical figures from a master writer of historical fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A big, ambitious book . . . Murray is canny in tracing the near-imperceptible stages by which Casement and Ward land on opposite sides of bitterly divisive issues . . .  A] wise, illuminating novel.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802127280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.60d","brand":"Sabina Murray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643400188060,"sku":"9780802127280","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ae9f63f8-fc7e-4e6b-a9a4-a5f0034e462c.jpg?v=1603856555","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/valiant-gentlemen-9780802127280","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}