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Justin McCarthy
1830–1912
A lively Irish man of letters, he moved with ease between journalism, fiction, history, and politics. Best known in his day for both his popular novels and his sweeping histories, he wrote with the pace of a reporter and the curiosity of a public thinker.
8 Audiobooks
British Political Leaders
by Justin McCarthy
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III
by Justin McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches
by Justin McCarthy
A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
by Justin McCarthy
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
by Justin McCarthy
The Dictator
by Justin McCarthy
George Sand
by Justin McCarthy
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV
by Justin McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
About the author
Born in County Cork on November 22, 1830, he began working in journalism while still young, first in Cork and later in Liverpool and London. That newspaper background shaped his writing style: clear, energetic, and closely tied to the public life of his time.
He built a wide-ranging career as a novelist, historian, and political writer. Among his better-known novels are Dear Lady Disdain and Miss Misanthrope, while his multi-volume History of Our Own Times brought him broad recognition as a historian of 19th-century Britain and Ireland.
McCarthy was also active in politics, serving as an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament from 1879 to 1900. He died at Folkestone, England, on April 24, 1912, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both the literary tastes and the political debates of the Victorian age.