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The Legacy of Empire and the Politics of the Family in the Neo-Historical Fictions of Egypt, Ireland and India (2019)
Thesis
Alharthi, L. S. A. (2019). The Legacy of Empire and the Politics of the Family in the Neo-Historical Fictions of Egypt, Ireland and India. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4912925

This thesis addresses neo-historical novels dealing with the legacy of the British Empire and its enduring impact on family. It focuses on the colonial experience in three countries colonized by Britain: Egypt, Ireland and India. It examines fives ne... Read More about The Legacy of Empire and the Politics of the Family in the Neo-Historical Fictions of Egypt, Ireland and India.

Lady Butler: War artist and traveller, 1846-1933 (2019)
Book
Wynne, C. (2019). Lady Butler: War artist and traveller, 1846-1933. Four Courts Press

This is the first biography of Victorian Britain’s greatest war artist, Elizabeth Thompson Butler, who found fame and public acclaim after exhibiting her Crimean War painting The Roll Call in 1874.

Monsters of History: Tyranny, Torture and the Gothic (2019)
Thesis
Crofts, M. R. Monsters of History: Tyranny, Torture and the Gothic. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4739178

The Gothic tyrant is a figure that not only plays a vital role in generating fear and manipulating the balance of power in Gothic fiction, but one that has survived throughout the mode’s changing form. It is tyranny that frequently turns Gothic tales... Read More about Monsters of History: Tyranny, Torture and the Gothic.