Book Review: Words to Shape My Name - an ambitious, historical tour-de-force

"The reader has to do the work - and may well be Googling names and discovering the real life events behind the tale of Tony Small and Lord Edward - but will be rewarded for it."
Book Review: Words to Shape My Name - an ambitious, historical tour-de-force

Laura McKenna, author of Words to Shape My Name. Pic: Victor Horgan

Sun, 21 Feb, 2021 - 13:00
Eoghan O’Sullivan

  • Words To Shape My Name 
  • Laura McKenna
  • New Island €16.95

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