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  • Fierce History

    5,000 years of startling stories from Ireland and around the globe

    by Colin Murphy ...
    Bestselling author, Colin Murphy, explores the historical figures and events that have existed for centuries in the fringes and brings them out into the open for the reader. Full of historical stories which will intrigue you, captivate you, revolt you and even make you laugh! Colin Murphy welcomes you into the fringes of history where shocking stories and compelling facts await you...Fierce ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who's Feckin' Who in Irish History

    by Colin Murphy ...
    Series series The Feckin' Collection
    Did an Irish monk discover America? Which rebel died of having a feckin' tooth pulled? And who in the name of Jaysus was responsible for the Pledge? If you've ever wondered how much of our rabble-rousing history is true, and how much a load of wojus oul' bull, then look no further. From the great to the gormless, this book is a hilarious parade of the life stories of Ireland's favourite heroes and ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Most Famous Irish People You've Never Heard Of

    by Colin Murphy ...
    STORIES OF ADVENTURE & ACHIEVEMENTINVENTORS, GOLD-DIGGERS, MILITARY LEADERS, SPIES, RABBLE-ROUSERS, SOLDIERS, COURTESANS, ACE PILOTS DETECTIVES, ATHLETES, HEROESIrish people have left their mark on virtually every corner of the globe. This fascinating book tells the stories of the Irish who are justly celebrated in their adopted homelands, but virtually unknown in Ireland.William Melville from ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Voices

    An epic trilogy of ancient Pompeii

    by Colin C. Murphy ...
    Series Book 1 - The Lost Voices
    The year is 62AD. The place is Pompeii, a mere dot on the vast map of the Roman world. Its inhabitants go about their daily lives. Cygnia, the beautiful slave of cruel masters dreams of a better life. Publius, son of a baker, entertains youthful hopes of becoming a playwright. Epidius, moneylender, schemes ruthlessly in pursuit of his ambitions. Gnaeus, the town’s richest citizen and sponsor of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Priest Hunters

    The True Story of Ireland's Bounty Hunters

    by Colin Murphy ...
    A fascinating investigation the lives of four priest hunters – Sean na Sagart, Edward Tyrrell, Barry Lowe and John Garzia.Ireland in the aftermath of Cromwell – during this period Catholicism and Irish nationalism became inexorably linked and priests were outlawed. The Priest Hunters shines a light on these men who hunted them. Sean naSagart was Irishman who was been condemned to death for horse ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Feckin' Tour of Ireland

    50 Must Do Things

    by Colin Murphy ...
    The Emerald Isle has something for everyone, from the stupendous coastline and cliffs of the Wild Atlantic Way in the west to the culture and cuisine of the Ancient East; from the castles and forts of the historic north to the famed golden beaches of the beautiful south – and not forgetting the mighty craic and decent watering holes to be found everywhere in between!Humorous information about 50 ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Boycott

    by Colin Murphy ...
    Boycott - a word whose meaning is known the world over. But it once belonged to a man.Two brothers, Owen and Thomas Joyce, barely survive the horror of the great famine that devastated Ireland in the 1840s. But it left a lasting effect on both of them. Three decades later they are thrown together during the Land War, when evictions and landlord cruelty reach an intolerable level. But Thomas places ... Read more

    $11.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Voices

    An epic trilogy of ancient Pompeii

    by Colin C. Murphy ...
    Series Book 2 - The Lost Voices
    It is 79AD. Seven years have passed and Publius and Cominia are married with children. His stepfather, Gnaeus, plots to destroy his hated political rival, Epidius, and he is not above using his own family as pawns to achieve his aims, putting them in terrible peril. And as a consequence passions are inflamed and a terrible secret is revealed that threatens to destroy their entire family.But while ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Lost Voices

    An epic trilogy of ancient Pompeii

    by Colin C. Murphy ...
    Series Book 3 - The Lost Voices
    The year is 79 AD and Pompeii’s end approaches. But few yet realise the titanic scale of the events about to overwhelm them. Five thousand people cram the re-built theatre to see Publius’s comedic satire on Epidius, but amid the roars of laughter, a smaller scene ends in terrible tragedy. Yet worse is to follow, for Cominia’s secret past is revealed, her life threatened by Epidius’s desperate ... Read more

    $5.81 USD

  • The United States vs Ulysses

    by Colin Murphy ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    The country's on fire! The Klan on the march again. Fascists organising - in America!And books are being burned.It's 1933, and James Joyce's sexually explicit Ulysses has been banned in the US for a decade. But now a hungry young publisher and an ambitious lawyer have teamed up to take on the puritans. Can they convince the judge that Ulysses is not obscene? And what will happen when Ulysses gets ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Colin Murphy's Political Plays

    100 Years of Irish History

    by Colin Murphy ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
    "The approach of mixing the factual with the fictional works brilliantly in delivering a spectacle that pulls off the difficult task of being both hugely entertaining and yet remains, a rigorous work.” - Sunday IndependentColin Murphy is one of Ireland's most significant writers for stage, screen and documentary. In his first published play collection his work shows a history of Ireland from 1916 ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?

    30 ways in which the ancient Romans influence our lives today.

    by Colin C. Murphy ...
    The Roman State, either as a Republic or an Empire, existed for 1,000 years and encompassed a vast area spanning Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Their influence was so enormous that even though the Roman Empire ended 1,600 years ago, we can still feel their presence in our everyday lives, although most of the time we aren’t usually aware of the fact. Everything from our architecture to our ... Read more

    $0.99 USD