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Informers have been a characteristic of all the periods of unrest in Ireland, but, apart from Tudor times, were never really an organised phenomenon until the 20th century. This account provides a history of the gradual development of informing via a series of case studies, illustrating differing events across the span of both the century and the country.

In June 1866, an 800-man contingent of the Irish Fenian Brotherhood invaded Canada to free Ireland from British rule. The force was led by Irish-born John Charles O'Neill. The invasion was a military success but a political failure. This biography covers the rise, fall and resurgence of a remarkable figure in American and Irish history.

Body snatchers and grave robbers were the stuff of Victorian lore, but two real-life culprits took the crimes out of shadowy cemeteries and into criminal court. This title explores the work of the Resurrectionists, and shows the nature of serial killers, 1820s criminal law, and Edinburgh's early role as a seat of European medical research.

Women have too often been written out of history. This is especially true in the fight for Irish independence. The women's struggle was three-fold, beginning with the suffragettes' fight to win the vote. Then came the push for fair pay and working conditions. Binding them together became part of the national struggle.

Records a week in Dublin during April 1916 when in a forlorn hope 2,000 Irish Volunteers rose up in armed rebellion against the British Empire in a bid to establish an independent Irish state. The Rising is recalled in the words of those who took part. It traces the establishment of the various organisations that eventually came together that Easter week. The work then leads on to a day-to-day narrative.

Beginning with a brief history and evolution of the short story genre, alongside an overview of the key short story writers, and an explanatory chapter of literary criticism, this book aims to give readers insight into the works by canonical British, Irish, and American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, Flannery O'Conner, and more.

John Davidson came to the North Carolina back country circa 1751. Davidson worked hard, prospered, married well and built a plantation on the Catawba River he called Rural Hill. Drawing on public documents, family papers and slave records, this history describes how a fiercely independent family grew their lands and fortunes into a lasting legacy.