Fr Twomey’s provocative and ambitious cultural study packs an awful lot into a small book.
Tag: History
A Doctor’s War by Aidan MacCarthy
The memoirs of Irish Doctor Aidan MacCarthy of his service in World War II make for remarkable reading
The Vatican Council (1930) – the definitive account
Renowned historian Dom Cuthebert Butler renders in fluid prose and engaging narrative the oft forgotten First Vatican Council
Catholic classics for Lent: ‘The Scarlet and the Black’
The Scarlet and the Black is a classic Catholic movie which brings Msgr O’Flaherty’s story to life through a mix of kitsch drama and procedural realism
‘Strumpet City’ – James Plunkett
With Strumpet City, James Plunkett set out to do the seemingly impossible – create a historical novel set in modern Ireland