George A Birmingham: 28 books

"George A. Birmingham" was the pen name of James Owen Hannay, an Irish clergymen who wrote novels in his spare time. The Simpkins Plot is a fun, whimsical tale about a case of mistaken identity -- and the havoc it wreaks in a small Irish community full of quirky, one-of-a-kind characters.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Ireland was a maelstrom of political and sectoral conflict, and with the publication of his novel Hyacinth, the Church of Ireland clergyman James Owen Hannay (who wrote under the pen name George A. Birmingham) stepped right into the middle of the controversy. Focusing...

Unusual tale of a pageant gone awry.

This highly eclectic volume of tales will please connoisseurs of wit and satire. The first half of the book is dedicated to one-off short stories that skewer the pretensions and airs of various characters. The second half is dedicated to an interlinked series of sharply satiric tales following the triumphs and tribulations of a deposed king.

From Dublin to Chicago: Some Notes on a Tour in America

In 1914 there were not twenty men in England who had ever heard of the island of Salissa. Even now—I am writing in the spring of 1917—the public is very badly informed about the events which gave the island a certain importance in the history of the war.

In 1914 there were not twenty men in England who had ever heard of the island of Salissa. Even now—I am writing in the spring of 1917—the public is very badly informed about the events which gave the island a certain importance in the history of the war.

A man is attacked and kidnapped on a side street at night, and his friends search for him.  An unusual tale written over a century ago.

This humorous romp of a novel introduces readers to one Lalage Beresford, one of the most delightful female characters of early twentieth-century literature. Spirited and independent, Lalage forces herself into every firestorm and controversy she can, and ultimately finds herself a key figure in a closely watched campaign for Parliament.

Miss Daisy Donovan is a bright-faced, clear-eyed, romantic-souled girl. She had finished her course of study in one of the universities of the Middle-west without becoming a cultivated prig. In spite of the fact that history, economics, emasculated philosophy and a kind of intellectual complexion...