1901. Justin Huntly McCarthy, Irish politician, journalist, novelist, and historian. After a long career in journalism, he entered the British Parliament, advocating home rule for Ireland. He was at first a supporter of, then head of the opposition to, Charles Parnell. He is best known for his novel If I Were King, which he based on the life of the vagabond poet, Frangois Villon. His later dramatization of the novel became the basis for the operetta The Vagabond King. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.