Owen Dudley Edwards was initially led to his subjects by something he holds in common with them; he too is an Irish Catholic now making a contribution to higher learning in Edinburgh. A noted scholar, he is Reader in History at Edinburgh University and is a regular contributor and reviewer for radio, television and the press. His previous books include The Quest for Sherlock Holmes: A Biographical Study of Arthur Conan Doyle, Mind of an Actvist: James Connolly and P. G. Wodehouse: A Critical and Historical Study.
8 Ebooks by Owen Dudley Edwards
Owen Dudley-Edwards: Burke and Hare
In a boarding house in West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. He owes the landlord rent. Instead of burying the body, the landlord, William Hare, and his friend, William Burke, fill …
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Owen Dudley Edwards: Scotland’s Waterloo
I saw the field of battle' It still exhibits a most striking picture of desolation all the neighbouring houses being broken down by cannon-shot and shells. There was one sweet little chateau in …
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€10.00
Owen Dudley Edwards: British Children’s Fiction in the Second World War
What children read in the Second World War had an immense effect on how they came of age as they faced the new world. This time was unique for British children – parental controls were often relaxed …
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€39.89
Owen Dudley Edwards & Colin Nicolson: Imaginary Friendship in the American Revolution
Imaginary Friendship is the first in-depth study of the onset of the American Revolution through the prism of friendship, focusing on future US president John Adams and leading Loyalist Jonathan Sewa …
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€25.70
Owen Dudley Edwards & Colin Nicolson: Imaginary Friendship in the American Revolution
Imaginary Friendship is the first in-depth study of the onset of the American Revolution through the prism of friendship, focusing on future US president John Adams and leading Loyalist Jonathan Sewa …
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€25.64
Owen Dudley Edwards: Our Nations and Nationalisms
‘Nationalism’ is an increasingly unpopular word. Few would apply the label of ‘nationalist’ to themselves, and fewer still to any part of our history before the 1700s. But then, where does it come fr …
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€16.31
Owen Dudley Edwards: Dave Does the Right Thing
Meet Dave. Dave is Prime Minister. Dave really wants to do the right thing. He keeps telling us he wants to do the right thing. Again and again and again. One afternoon he told us four times in half …
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€6.40
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Complete Brigadier Gerard Stories
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Brigadier Gerard stories surely constitute the finest series of historical short stories in literature, mingling the comedy and the tragedy, the pathos and the irony, or, in …
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€13.99
