Argues that historical fiction for young people about Ireland presents concerns of the past as intimately connected with controversies of the present and often explores the possibility of friendship between characters from different traditions in Ireland. (SRT)...
having just read the true historical account ofMarie Madeleine FourcadeinMadame Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynne Olson, I would recommendThe Winemaker’s Wifeas a light holiday read for those who enjoy historical fiction, champagne and visiting France. ...
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Fiction for children is not, however, isolated from other forms of cultural activity and there is in the wider culture of Ireland a very high interest in history. Arguments about history can be heard, for example, on popular chat shows on radio and television. The names of certain historians...
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Holdfast. (1601 Ireland) Beatty, John. Master Rosalind. (Shakespearean England) Beckman, Thea. Crusade in Jeans. (Children's Crusade, 13th century) Begiebing, Robert J. The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin. Behn, Harry. Faraway Lurs. (Bronze Age) Benet, Stephen Vincent. Spanish...
November, 1853.Inspector Field has summoned his friends Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins to examine a body found in an attic studio, its throat cut. Around the body lie the lacerated fragments of canvas of a painting titledA Winter of Despair. ...
For many readers, it is the defining book of the historical fiction genre, at least in the UK. Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and its direct sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, both won the Booker Prize, while the final book of the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was shortlisted for the ...
Bookworm Review: If you’re in the mood for a sweet Irish love story with beautifully described countryside, fun Gaelic colloquialisms, and the theme of how God restores one woman’s reputation–thereby cementing her place and call in Ireland–you won’t want to miss A Dance in Donegal by ...
Somewhat ironically the becoming of science fact from what had been science fiction kicked off a dissolve into atavism in the youth audience, and soon Corman would be following that logic when he moved on to his gothic horror movies. War of the Satellites also takes a different approach to ...