DC tends to attract slightly geeky individuals and I am guilty as charged. My geeky guilty pleasure? I love historical fiction. Maybe I should clarify: I love really well done and researched historical fiction.
I picked up Morgan Llwelyn’s 1916 in high school and I fell in love. Llwelyn’s work is impeccably researched and the fictional characters are very much plausible: it’s realistic to think of them rubbing elbows with notable figures in history. In this case, Irish history.
{1916} depicts a coming of age story for Ned Halloran, who loses his parents on an ill-fated voyage on the Titanic. He then attends St. Edna’s and becomes heavily influenced by its headmaster, Patrick Pearse: a poet and revolutionary. Ned finds himself at the forefront of the Irish rebellion against the British Empire’s rule.
You will find yourself enthralled in the story and cheering (and often crying) for the characters both real and fiction. The series continues with 1921 so you can follow the Halloran clan throughout the history of Ireland in the 20th century.
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