{"product_id":"phineas-at-bay","title":"Phineas at Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePhineas at Bay\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an entertaining romp and a serious inquiry into how Victorian problems are also our own. It is a pleasure to read.\"-Nicholas Birns, author of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Anthony Powell\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in 1890s England, \u003ci\u003ePhineas at Bay\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where Anthony Trollope's Palliser series left off: now two decades after the unconventional marriage of Phineas Finn, an Irish Catholic, to the Viennese Jewish widow Marie \"Madame Max\" Goesler.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhineas has become an almost entirely independent member of Parliament, nominally belonging to the Liberal Party. But his independence has come at a cost. Having made no political gains, his own party no longer takes him seriously. But an awakening of his political and social conscience leads him to revitalize his political activism and become involved in the newly forming Labor Party.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile the rivalry between Socialist Jack Chiltern and the newest member of Parliament, Savrola Vavasor, the two suitors of Phineas's orphaned niece, Clarissa Riley, draws Phineas into becoming the maître d'arms at a violent duel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd alongside all the other action, the beautiful Lady Elizabeth Eustace adds to the drama with her shady past and her entanglements with Jack and her ex-husband, a clergyman with a dark reputation of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholar and lawyer John F. Wirenius sets the Victorian-era author's pointed satire loose on today's political and social excesses, creating a novel that can be read alone or in conjunction with Trollope's novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John F. Wirenius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781499177329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn F. Wirenius studied English literature and political science at Fordham University, graduating as valedictorian with a BA in English in 1987. He went on to study law at Columbia University as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, gaining his JD degree in 1990. He has served as an assistant corporation counsel in the New York City Law Department as well as an associate counsel for New York State United Teachers. He has also served as lead counsel on more than fifty criminal cases and tried obscenity and other freedom-of-speech cases. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, he authored the book \u003ci\u003eFirst Amendment, First Principles: Verbal Acts and Freedom of Speech\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWirenius's debut novel, \u003ci\u003ePhineas at Bay\u003c\/i\u003e, follows up on the Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope, creating a Victorian-era story that resonates with modern readers using satirical commentary to illuminate today's political and social excesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53325000474922,"sku":"9781499177329","price":30.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_88b2e4b7-b5eb-4c57-a5c3-2485827df05d.jpg?v=1793059613","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/phineas-at-bay","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}