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Cora Harrison
Cora Harrison is an Irish author. She writes critically acclaimed historical detective novels primarily based in Ireland, and has also written many books for children of all ages. Her mystery series include ''The Burren Mysteries'' set in 16th-century West Ireland; the ''Reverend Mother Mystery'' series set in the 1920s Cork during the Irish Civil War; the ''Gaslight series'' based on the real life friendship between Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, acting as amateur detectives in 19th century London; and many others. Early life Harrison was born in Cobh, in County Cork. However, she grew up mostly in Cork, until she was 21. At the age of 7 she became sick, and had hardly visited school until she was 13. She had been bed-ridden for weeks at a time, and entertained herself by making up stories and drawing matching historical figures and clothes. She rarely wrote down these stories because of her bad hand writing and spelling. She recovered at the age of 14 and returned to schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islands by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
