PAPERBACK, Pgs. 466
On the day after Hitler’s annexation of Austria and little more than a year before the start of World War 2, Richard Preston interviews for a post as head of a famous but crumbling British public school and gets the job despite never being allowed to answer a question. But his problems are just beginning when he struggles with his own war memories, an abusive or apathetic staff, a crooked bursar, a coup by fascist prefects, harassed juniors, offended royals, tumbling frescoes, decaying buildings, his daughters’ romantic entanglements, and the realisation that amidst a deteriorating international situation he is losing his own fight with a fate where everything he touches turns to farce.
Five Famous Dogs of Ireland
By Maureen Donnelly, Booklet, 28 Pages
These stories are of course about dogs – famous dogs set in various historical periods and cultural settings. They include the heroic period of Cu Chulainn, Finn Macool in North Antrim and the famous leap of Bran in Limavady. Taking us to more recent times they tell the tales of Master McGrath, three times winner of the Waterloo cup and Dan Hyndman’s famous greyhound, celebrated in ballads and yarns. They are told with a sensitivity to historic context and the spirit of the period.
There are not many stories more popular with children than animal stories.
It is often through such stories that children can explore their emotional life. These stories deal with courage and grief, devotion and loyalty, affection and fear, all through simple storylines a child can relate to.
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An historical novel dealing with the political situation in Ireland at the latter end of the 16th and early 17th century. It was a tumultuous period in Irish History peopled with larger than life characters, and events which threatened the old Gaelic way of life. The author uses a wide canvas in setting the narrative not only in Ireland, but Spain, the Western Islands of Scotland and Canada. It is a compelling read with its unique insights into a formative period in Irish History.