The Romantic

Born in 1799, Cashel Greville Ross lives a life as vast and unpredictable as the century itself. From the green fields of County Cork to the battlefields of Waterloo, from the quiet farms of Massachusetts to the teeming ports of Zanzibar, his journey spans continents and identities. Soldier, convict, adventurer, writer, father—Cashel reinvents himself again and again, swept along by history and his own restless spirit.

Along the way, he brushes shoulders with poets in Pisa, serves with the East Indian Army in Sri Lanka, and encounters both staggering fortune and crushing loss. But above all, it is a single, unforgettable love that lingers, shaping the course of his life and echoing through his many transformations.

The core of The Romantic lies the universal journey: not just to survive life’s highs and lows, but to understand who we truly are.