Pioneering humanitarian activist, zealous Irish nationalist, maltreated LGBTQ+ martyr: this is the extraordinary new biography of a complicated man who led a remarkable life ahead of his time.In 1904 Casement broadcast the abuses of the Belgian Congo and lobbied for change, becoming a much-admired overnight celebrity. Still, he did not reveal all of himself, neither fully Irish nor English, party to colonial rule while appalled by its cruelties, and desperate for intimacy yet tormented by his sexuality, instead Casement poured himself into causes that deflected from his own truths.In silencing his own voice Casement helped the voiceless on two continents be heard, but the internal fault lines ran deep and the same passion that garnered global renown precipitated his eventual downfall. Caught up in one of the great movements of the early 20th century, Casement enters war-time Germany with a rash plan to incite the Easter Rising only to be captured and declared a traitor by the British. His reputation in further ruins after details of his sex life are leaked, his life ends on the gallows and his body in an unmarked grave until, decades later, he is honoured with an Irish state funeral.A force for good made fallible by the oppressive social mores of his time and his own unexamined emotions, Casement's story is a surprisingly modern one. So, perhaps it is only now that we can start to make sense of the real Roger Casement.