Amazon.com description: Product Description: Roger Casement is a major figure in modern Irish history. He was arrested by the British and sentenced to hang for treason. For years there were claims of ""Black Diaries"" that were fakes. Forensic tests recently commissioned by McCormack have confirmed the diaries' authenticity, that they were not forged by British intelligence. ""Traces the history of the acceptance or denial of the authenticity of Casement's diaries with regard to the tenor of the times.""--Irish Literary Supplement.