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Hamilton Drummond
1857–1935
Best known for atmospheric historical fiction, this Irish novelist set many of his stories in France and Spain, blending romance, politics, and occasional touches of the supernatural. His work has a rich late-Victorian feel, with plots driven by intrigue, loyalty, and belief.
2 Audiobooks
The Justice of the King
by Hamilton Drummond
The King's Scapegoat
by Hamilton Drummond
About the author
Hamilton Drummond (1857–1935), also identified in library and archive records as Patrick Hamilton Drummond, was an Irish writer. Reference sources describe him as a novelist, and some also note that he was a bank executive and later a justice of the peace in Dublin.
His fiction appeared from the 1890s onward and was especially drawn to historical settings. Among the titles linked to him are Gobelin Grange (1896), For the Religion (1898), A Man of His Age (1900), A King's Pawn (1900), and The Justice of the King (1911). Bibliographic sources also describe him as a writer of historical novels, with several works set against French or Spanish backgrounds.
Little biographical detail seems to survive in widely available sources, but the outline that does remain suggests a writer with a strong taste for dramatic settings, old loyalties, and high-stakes conflict. For listeners who enjoy rediscovered historical fiction, his books offer the appeal of a once-popular Irish author now mostly known through library catalogs, archive records, and specialist literary references.