My Dark Rosaleen
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A dark, dramatic saga set in Ireland and Liverpool that tells the stories of a small boy caught up in the Spanish Armada and Irish Wars, Catherine Tate, a willful Irish heiress and Rosaleen Morgan, a seemingly respectable housewife, who, as a condemned woman, represents the sum total of centuries of turbulent Irish history. 'Brilliantly original' – Lynda la Plante
Fidelis Morgan
Anglo-Irish actress, director and writer, Fidelis Morgan's TV appearances include Jeeves and Wooster, As Time Goes By and the film A Little Chaos. She recently played Agnes Carpenter in Goodbye to Love. Her plays Pamela and Hangover Square won her a Most Promising Playwriting nomination. She has written 20 books, including the ground-breaking The Female Wits, biographies of charismatic women from the 17th and 18th centuries and 6 novels, including the historical mystery series featuring The Countess Ashby dela Zouche. Her last novel was The Murder Quadrille. She was the 2014 Granada Artist-in-Residence at the University of California.
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