Irish Tears, a Nation Betrayed

Stanislaus (Stasko) Markiewiecz was overshadowed by his famous father and stepmother, Casimir and Constance. He was educated in Ireland, conscripted into the Russian Navy in World War One and held hostage by the Bolsheviks. One of his letters on a cloth was smuggled out of Russia in a coat. His story is a fascinating episode in the connection between Ireland and Poland.

In his memoir, A Life in Medicine: From Aesculapius to Beckett, Eoin O’Brien, a cardiologist with an international reputation as a clinical scientist, describes his life in medicine and literature.

Much sought reprint.