Excerpt from Edward and Pamela Fitzgerald: Being Some Account of Their Lives; Compiled From the Letters of Those Who Knew Them Irish Rebellion of '98 was inevitable - as inevitable and as salutary for England as the rebellion of Cromwell, or the revolt of the American Colonies. Lord Edward was one of the chief instru ments appointed for its accomplishment, self-chosen only so far as any of us ever are self-chosen to carry out the purposes of destiny. If he was a traitor to his country, he was the most single-minded and loyal traitor that ever lived. That, at least, is the conclusion to which the correspondence which is set down in this book appears to me to point and the letters as a whole cannot fail, I think, to give a better and a truer understanding of his personal attitude towards his fellow-countrymen and the government of the King. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.