UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · HISTORY · PERSONAL NARRATIVES
Max Arthur
One reads this book with bleeding eyes.
— from Forgotten Voices of the Great War, 2002
Most acclaimed
Northern Ireland
1987
In this book, Richard Rose addresses Northern Ireland's most serious problem -- the absence of a civil government, with or without consensus. According to Rose, Northern Ireland lacks two of the basic attributes of the modern state: a constitution and a security organization with an effective claim to a monopoly of force. In most countries where elections are held, they decide who governs; but in Northern Ireland, elections are about how the country should be governed or whether it should be governed at all. - Back cover.
Lest We Forget
The rich history of the service of the Sisters of Providence during the American Civil War comes alive in the small book, “Lest We Forget.” Written by Sister Mary Theodosia Mug and published in 1931 by Providence Press, this book provides insight into the role the sisters played at the Military Hospital in Indianapolis. When Indiana's Governor Morton led the state into the Civil War, the Sisters of Providence stepped up to take over daily control of the City Hospital. Caring tenderly for Union and Confederate soldiers alike, Sister Athanasius Fogarty and her team of sisters nursed hundreds of men through illness and injury. "Lest We Forget" also includes several news articles and letters from the time.
Last post
2008
A mysterious envelope arrives on Eve McNabb's doorstep soon after she has buried her mother, a woman who kept many secrets. The puzzling letter inside this envelope hints at an illicit passion between the letter writer and Eve's mother, May McNabb. Even when she was a child, Eve sensed that there were parts of May's life she would never understand. She would never know the details of her parents' marriage or why her father suddenly disappeared from her life. While Eve has always believed that her father was dead, she begins to wonder whether her mother's life as a widow had been a ruse. Will she have to question everything her mother has told her? Could her father be alive and well? The letter writer may have some answers, but how can Eve find him or her? With only a blurred postmark for a clue, Eve sets out to locate the writer and journey into her own past. What she never suspected was that questions can be dangerous, perhaps even deadly... Filled with piercing wit and illuminating insight into the human condition, Robert Barnard's Last Post proves yet again that he is one of the great masters of mystery.