Thomas Moore.
Memoirs of Captain Rock, the celebrated Irish Chieftain with some Account of
his Ancestors written by himself.
An indictment of governmental mismanagement in Ireland; “Captain Rock” was a
fictitious commander of Irish rebels.
REFERENCES TO:
Sydney Smith to Francis Jeffrey, 23 September 1824 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a
Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin. 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855).
