Life
Author of Mandeville, A Tale of the Seventeen Century in England [3 vols] (Edin: Constable 1818).
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References
Desmond Clarke, Ireland in Fiction: A Guide to Irish Novels, Tales, Romances and Folklore [Pt. 2] (Cork: Royal Carbery 1985), notes that his novel Mandeville, A Tale of the Seventeen Century in England [3 vols] (Edin: Constable 1818), is narrated by one born in Charlemont, Co. Armagh, in 1638, where his father was an officer under Lord Caulfield; discusses misgovernment leading to Rebellion of 1641, beginning with little bloodshed but developing into excesses; a Protestant parson who removes
a child from its Catholic mother is criticised.
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