Rise and Demise.: The Life and Career of Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney by Dermot Deering

Rise and Demise.: The Life and Career of Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney by Dermot DeeringThe story of the gradual rise but ultimate demise of a soldier, colonial administrator and diplomat from an Irish background in the Victorian era of the British Empire. The book takes us through the life of Cornelius Alfred Moloney from his early days as a young army officer and then his career as he rose up the colonial diplomatic hierarchy to positions of seniority in West Africa and the Caribbean. As his life and career evolved, Moloney

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