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- Expert
observer on the Turkmen at a critical time.
- O'Donovan, Edmond. THE MERV OASIS: Travels and
Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81, Including
Five Months' Residence Among the Tekkes of Merv illus. London, 1882
- O’Donovan,
E., THE MERV OASIS TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES EAST OF THE CASPIAN DURING
THE YEARS 1878–80–81…. London: 1882. 2 volumes. 8vo. Portrait, maps
(missing map in back pocket), and facsimiles.
- Report of a English spy acting as a journalist
mistaken for a Russian spy, and held captive for five months.
- O'DONOVAN, EDMUND (1844-1883), British
war-correspondent, was born at Dublin on the 13th of September 1844,
the son of John O'Donovan (1809-1861), a well-known Irish archaeologist
and topographer. In 1866 he began to contribute to the Irish Times and
other Dublin papers. After the battle of Sedan he joined the Foreign
Legion of the French army, and was wounded and taken prisoner by the
Germans. In 1873 the Carlist rising attracted him to Spain, and he
wrote many newspaper letters on the campaign. In 1876 he represented
the London Daily News during the rising of Bosnia and Herzegovina
against the Turks, and in 1879, for the same paper, made his
adventurous and famous journey to Merv. On his arrival at Merv, the
Turcomans, suspecting him to be a Russian spy, detained him. It was
only after several months' captivity that O'Donovan managed to get a
message to his principals through to Persia, whence it was telegraphed
to England. These adventures he described in The Merv Oasis (1882). In
1883 O'Donovan accompanied the ill-fated expedition of Hicks Pasha to
the Egyptian Sudan,.and perished with it. O'DONOVAN,
EDMUND
Merv
Oasis Chapter 30 - Merv
Oasis Chapter 31 - Merv
Oasis Chapter 32 - Merv
Oasis Chapter 33 - Merv
Oasis Chapter 34
"EDMUND O’DONOVAN
News Organization: LONDON DAILY NEWS
Died 1883
Location: SUDAN
War: SUDANESE WARS (1883-1885, 1898-1899)
Bio: Killed about Nov. 3 when the British-commanded Egyptian army unit
to which he was assigned was ambushed near El Obeid and wiped out by
rebels. The Irish-born adventure-seeker was wounded serving in the
French army and covered wars wherever they took him." www.newseum.org
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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