Irish Historic Fiction

The Republican is a fictional account of one man's journey though Ireland's darkest hour – a period which many would like to forget, but which is etched deep in the collective unconscious of the Irish Nation.

Bending The Boyne puts a new spin on Irish myth to show the lasting impact when early metal mining and traders reach ancient Ireland.

 

Following the critically acclaimed success of "Dublin", this riveting sequel takes the story of Ireland from the seventeenth century onwards, picking up at the Reformation, and with it, the devastating arrival of Oliver Cromwell.

’A wonderful novel; not only deeply intelligent and self-aware, but also entertaining from the first to the last’ Hilary Mantel

A modernist novel of supreme stylistic innovation, James Joyce's Ulysses is the towering achievement of twentieth century literature. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Declan Kiberd.

James Joyce's Dubliners is an enthralling collection of modernist short stories which create a vivid picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. 

In 1857 the old Irish clans struggled desperately to hold on to their lands against Queen Elizabeth, who also had the Spanish Armada to worry about. Could this be Hugh O'Donnell's opportunity to escape from Dublin Castle?

The narrator, expelled on the death of his father from his room, takes refuge on a bench by the canal, meets a woman who takes him home and the events that follow are hilariously terrible.