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Alphabetical list of Authors Clonmel Library Barker, Pat Kane, Ben Clonmel Library Catton, Eleanor Llywelyn, Morgan Chevalier, Tracey MacDonald Fraser, George Cornwell, Bernard McCullough, Colleen RecommendedRecommended di Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi Manfredi, Valerio Massimo Dron, Maurice Mantel, Hilary Dunant, Sarah Napier, William ReadingReading Eco, Umberto O’Brien, Patrick Follett, Ken Sansom, CJ Frazier, Charles Severin, Tim Gemmell, David Scarrow, Simon Goodwin, Daisy Stack, John Graham, Winston Tremain, Rose Graves, Robert Tremayne, Peter Gregory, Phillipa Weir, Alison HistoricalHistorical Harris, Robert Young, Robyn Iggulden, Conn Jecks, Michael Clonmel Library FictionFiction Opening Hours & Contact Details Monday: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm Tuesday: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm Wednesday: 9.30 am – 8.00 pm Thursday: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm Friday: 9.30 am – 1pm & 2pm - 5pm Saturday: 10.00 am – 1pm & 2pm-5pm Phone: (052) 6124545 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.tipperarylibraries.ie/clonmel Restoration AnAn IntroductionIntroduction Rose Tremain toto When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into HistoricalHistorical FictionFiction a vibrant world of luxury and opulence. Historical fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a Absolution By Murder significant time period. In historical fiction, the time period is an Peter Tremayne important part of the setting and often of the story itself. In A.D. 664, King Oswy of Northumbria has convened a synod at Whitby to hear debate between the Roman and Celtic Christian Historical fiction may include fictional characters, well-known historical churches and decide which shall be granted primacy in his figures or a mixture of the two. Authors of historical fiction usually pay kingdom. At stake is much more than a few disputed points of close attention to the details of their stories (settings, clothing, dialogue, ritual; Oswy's decision could affect the survival of either church etc.) to ensure that they fit the time periods in which the narratives take in the Saxon kingdoms. place. Innocent Traitor Alison Weir In some historical fiction, famous events appear from points of view not recorded in history, showing historical figures dealing with actual events Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison while depicting them in a way that is not recorded in history. Other Weir’s enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of times, the historical event or time period complements a story's the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English narrative, forming a framework and background for the characters' lives. monarchy. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey–“the Nine Days’ Sometimes, historical fiction can be for the most part true, but the Queen” –a fifteen-year-old girl who unwittingly finds herself at the centre of the religious and civil unrest that nearly toppled names of people and places have been in some way altered. the fabled House of Tudor during the sixteenth century. As this is fiction, artistic license is permitted in regard to presentation Brethern and subject matter, so long as it does not deviate in significant ways Robyn Young from established history. If events should deviate significantly, the story may then fall into the genre of alternate history, which is known for On the eve of the last Crusade, two men’s destinies will come speculating on what could have happened if a significant historical event together as two great civilizations go to war. Amidst conspiracy had gone differently. On a similar note, events occurring in historical and intrigue in Europe, Will Campbell, a young knight, risks his fiction must adhere to the laws of physics. Stories that extend into the life to recover the stolen Book of the Grail. Hidden within its pages are the heretical plans of a secret society within the magical or fantastic are often considered historical fantasy. Knights Templar. Dissolution Regeneration CJ Sansom Pat Barker Henry VIII has ordered the dissolution of the monasteries and In 1917 Siegfried Sasson, noted poet and decorated war hero, England is full of informers. At the monastery of Scarnsea, publicly refused to continue serving as a British officer in World events have spiralled out of control with the murder of War I. His reason: the war was a senseless slaughter. He was Commissioner Robin Singleton. Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer, officially classified "mentally unsound" and sent to and his assistant are sent to investigate. Craiglockhart War Hospital. There a brilliant psychiatrist, Dr. William Rivers, set about restoring Sassoon's "sanity" and s Odinn’s Child ending him back to the trenches. Tim Severin In 1001, the young child, Thorgils Leiffson, arrives on the shores of Greenland to be brought up by a young woman—Gudrid. Thorgils is a rootless character of quicksilver intelligence and The Luminaries adaptability. He has inherited his mother’s ability of second Eleanor Catton sight, and his mentors teach him the ancient ways and warn It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his him of the invasion of the “White Christ” into the land of the fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night “Old Gods.” of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve Under The Eagle local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: A wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute Simon Scarrow has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been It is 42 AD, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Germany as a new recruit to the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. If adjusting to the rigours of military life isn’t difficult enough for the bookish young man, he also has to contend with the disgust of his colleagues when, because of Girl with a Pearl Earring his imperial connections, he is appointed a rank above them. Tracey Chevalier Ship of Rome Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly John Stack perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, Against a backdrop of the clash of the Roman and Carthaginian the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with empires, the battle for sovereignty takes place on the high seas her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant and Atticus, captain of one of the ships of Rome's small, coastal ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model. fleet, is from a Greek fishing family. Harlequin Alexander Bernard Cornwell Valerio Massimo Manfredi The year is 1342. The English, led by Edward III, are laying waste Before his birth, omens foretold that Alexander, son of the to the French countryside. The army may be led by the King, warrior-king Philip of Macedonia, was destined for greatness. but it is the archers, the common men, who are England's From boyhood, the prince was trained by the finest scholars secret weapon. The French know them as Harlequins. Thomas and mightiest soldiers to attain extraordinary strength of body of Hookton is one of these archers. But he is also on a personal and spirit. mission: To avenge his father's death and retrieve a stolen relic. Wolf Hall The Leopard Hilary Mantel Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king Set in the 1860s, The Leopard tells the spellbinding story of a dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty approaching forces of democracy and revolution. years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell. The Iron King William Napier Maurice Druon Attila France became a great nation under Philip the Fair – but it was The dawn of the 5th century AD, and the Roman Empire a greatness achieved at the expense of her people, for his was totters on the edge of the abyss. Already divided into two, the a reign characterised by violence, the scandalous adulteries of Imperium is looking dangerously vulnerable to her European his daughters-in-law, and the triumph of royal authority. rivals. The huge barbarian tribes of the Vandals and Visigoths sense that their time is upon them. Blood and Beauty Master and Commander Sarah Dunant Patrick O’Brian By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere 1800s. Britain's Nelson leads Navy against Napoleon's France. more than in Rome and inside the Church. When Cardinal Captain Jack Aubrey, newly promoted to old, slow HMS Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI, Sophie, is a brave and gifted seaman, his thirst for adventure he is defined not just by his wealth or his passionate love for and victory immense. Aided by friend and skilled ship his illegitimate children, but by his blood: He is a Spanish Pope surgeon Stephen Maturin, Aubrey and crew win clashes, in a city run by Italians. finally hopelessly outmatched by a mighty Spanish frigate. The Forgotten Legion The Name of the Rose Ben Kane Umberto Eco Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery, and then The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are later sold: Romulus to gladiator school, and Fabiola into suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives prostitution, where she will catch the eye of one of the most to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly powerful men in Rome.Tarquinius is an Etruscan, a warrior, overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns born enemy of Rome and trained by the last haruspex in the detective.