Tag Archives: historical fiction

Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall

Posted on 31st August 2011 by Gary Whitehouse

As an American, my knowledge about Henry VIII of England comes from Shakespeare, plus what little American schools teach in history classes. He wanted to divorce his wife, the Pope said no, so he split with Rome and created the … Continue reading →

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Joseph O’Connor’s Star of the Sea

Posted on 3rd February 2003 by Gary Whitehouse

Star of the Sea is the ironic name of a leaking, creaking hulk of a ship that is making its last crossing of the Atlantic, with a handful of first-class passengers and a belly full of the dregs of Europe, … Continue reading →

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Those troublesome Irish: Three books on Irish rebellions

Posted on 15th November 1999 by Gary Whitehouse

If you wanted to take a short course in the history of Irish rebellion — a subject as old as a peat bog and as contemporary as today’s news — you could do much worse than to read these three … Continue reading →

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