A Rebel and a Traitor by Rory Carroll review – the extraordinary story of Roger Casement

A journalist tells the improbable tale of a British diplomat who worked to free Ireland – and paid the ultimate price Roger Casement had a life that defies categorisation: an imperial administrator who exposed imperial atrocities; a one-time diplomat for the United Kingdom who enlisted German help in Ireland’s fight for freedom; a closeted gay man who left detailed records of his sexual adventures; a knight of the realm convicted of conspiring against the crown. TE Lawrence (“of Arabia”), him...

By Oliver Bullough