Nick Dunning
1) Quirke
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A consultant pathologist in the Dublin city morgue in the 1950s, Quirke is a powerful character more at ease among the cold silent slabs than the company of his fellow men. But in truth, his profession provides his greatest pleasure: inquisitive by nature, he is fascinated with unlocking the secret to these cadavers' deaths. After a body vanishes from his mortuary one night Quirke's curiosity is piqued by the lengths his brother is prepared to go...
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Uncut ed.
Description
King Henry VIII bids to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon in order to marry the younger Anne Boleyn. His decision centers on one unshakable ambition: to father a son and heir to the Tudor dynasty he inherited from his father. However, the choice is met by refusal from the newly elected Pope Paul III and leads to a political and theological battle that will change history. Taking on the Catholic Church, the King launches a savage and bloody...