Historical Fiction

Women in History – BOOKED OUT Martina Devlin and Nuala O’Connor in conversation with Emily Hourican
Thursday 07th November @ 6:30 pm
National Library of Ireland
  • DBF After Dark
  • Historical Fiction
  • History
  • Main Programme
Two historical fictions shining a light on two captivating women. Martina Devlin’s Charlotte (The Lilliput Press) is a story of Charlotte Brontë’s short but pivotal time in Ireland as never before told, bound by passion and obsession, friendship and loss, loyalty and deception. Nuala O’Connor’s Seaborne (New Island) is an intimate and thrilling portrayal of […]

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Hidden Histories Juliana Adelman and Leeanne O’Donnell in conversation with Andrew Hughes
Saturday 09th November @ 1:30 pm
The Printworks, Dublin Castle
  • Festival Hub
  • Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • History
  • Main Programme
Taking us back to a hot Dublin summer in 1866, Juliana Adelman’s The Grateful Water (New Island) is a gripping detective story of secrets and guilt, steeped in the city’s history. Leeanne O’Donnell’s Sparks of Bright Matter (Eriu) is an equally gripping game of cat and mouse through Georgian London’s underworld, in pursuit of an […]

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