New Book: ‘Dillon Rediscovered: The Newspaperman Who Befriended Kings, Presidents and Oil Tycoons’

Emile Joseph Dillon (1854-1933) rose to prominence as a special correspondent with The Daily Telegraph of London. At a time of shifting geopolitics and the birth of modern journalism, Dillon  witnessed some of the most dramatic events the world has ever seen including, the assassination of a Russian Tsar, the Dreyfus court martial and bloody massacres in Armenia. 

Drawing on never-before-seen letters and notebooks, this biography has been described as ‘vivid, compelling’ (Sunday Times), ‘breaks new ground’ (Irish Times), and ‘fascinating’ (British Journalism Review). Jill Abramson, former Executive Editor, The New York Times, described the biography as: ‘an illuminating study and superbly readable story of a time when foreign correspondents were all-powerful recorders of the world’s news.’

Author: Kevin Rafter is Full Professor of Political Communication at Dublin City University.

Published by Martell Books, Dublin (paperback, 292pp). Available online.

Enquiries: emily.farrell@brookside.ie

PROF. KEVIN RAFTER
Full Professor of Political Communication
Dublin City University, Ireland
Fulbright Scholar, Boston College, 2024
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