John Philpot Curran

It exists.

Robert Emmet was engaged to, uh, Sarah Curran, as we know.

She's far from the land where her young hero sleeps.

And Sarah's older sister was Amelia Curran, and she's my narrator.

She really knew the Shelleys.

Um, John Philpot Curran, a famous orator, Master of the Rolls, defended the 1798, uh, rebels, um, and would have defended Emmet but for the connection with his daughter, um, was, knew these people, and they met through him.

Now, we're talking about the early 19th century, and, uh, i- if you could maybe sketch out the position that women found themselves in at that time.

I mean, there was a, quote, unquote, "liberation movement" that had been ongoing.