Diana Norman

Life
1948- ; m. Barry Norman, the film critic; author of Terrible Beauty: A Life of Constance Markievicz, 1868-1927 (1985), and Irish novels incl. Daughter of Lír (1988), feminist tale set during Norman invasion, and Pirate Queen (1991), on Granuaile.

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Works
Fitzempress' law (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1980), 284pp.; King of the Last Days (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1981), 189pp.; The Morning Gift (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1985, 1987; Headline 1991), 256pp.; Terrible Beauty: A Life of Constance Markievicz, 1868-1927 (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1985), and Do. [rep.] (Dublin: Poolbeg Press 1988), 320pp.; Daughter of Lir (London: Headline 1988, 1989), 384pp. ; Pirate Queen (London: Headline 1991, 1992), 704pp.; The Vizard Mask (London: Michael Joseph 1994, 1995), 672pp.; Blood Royal (London: Michael Joseph 1998), 336pp.; A Catch of Consequence (London: HarperCollins 2002; 2003), 320pp.; Taking Liberties (London: HarperCollins 2003), 439pp. Also omnibus edn., Of Love and Life: Three Novels (Reader’s Digest [2002]), 476pp. [condensed].

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Notes
Namesake author, ed., of Siena, Florence, and Padua: Art, Society, and Religion 1280-1400: Study (1996); also, [another] author of works on Singapore in World War II.

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