Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan
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Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan (pseudonym Norreys Connell) (29 April 1874 – 18 June 1948) was an Irish
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novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...
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Career


Works


Novels

His novels include: * ''In the Green Park or The Half-Pay Deities'' (1894) * ''The House of the Strange Woman'' (1895) * ''The Fool and His Heart'' (1896) * ''The Pity of War'' (1906) * ''Adam of Dublin'' (1920) * ''Adam and Caroline'' (1921) * ''In London: The Story of Adam and Marriage'' (1922) * ''Rowena Barnes'' (1923) * ''Married Life'' (1924) * ''The Age of Miracles'' (1925) * ''Young Lady Drazincourt'' (1925) * ''Soldier Born'' (1927) * ''Soldier of Waterloo'' (1928) * ''Soldier’s Wife'' (1935) * ''Soldier's End'' (1938) * ''Judith Quinn, a Novel for Women'' (1939) * ''Judith’s Love'' (1940)


Plays

His plays include: * ''Shakespeare's End'' (1912) * ''Rope Enough'' (1913) * ''His Majesty's Pleasure'' (1925) * ''Napoleon’s Josephine'' (1928) * ''The King's Wooing'' (1929)


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* http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/o/ORiordan_C/life.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Oriordan, Conal Holmes Oconnell 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights Irish male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Irish novelists 1874 births 1948 deaths Writers from Dublin (city) People educated at Clongowes Wood College People educated at Belvedere College Irish male novelists 20th-century Irish novelists 19th-century Irish male writers 20th-century Irish male writers