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Informationen zum Autor Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936) was an Irish author and nationalist politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1884 to 1892! taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was the son of Justin McCarthy (1830-1912). Since both father and son were authors! historians and Members of Parliament! they are sometimes confused in lists and compilations. McCarthy wrote various novels! plays! poetical pieces and short histories. He was briefly married to the actress Cissie Loftus. They married in Edinburgh in 1894 and though they divorced in 1899! she originated the role of Katherine de Vaucelles! the heroine in If I Were King in 1901. Among other works! he wrote biographies of Sir Robert Peel (1891)! Pope Leo XIII (1896) and William Ewart Gladstone (1898). In 1889 he published prose translations of 466 quatrains of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Klappentext Many of the earliest books! particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before! are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable! high quality! modern editions! using the original text and artwork.
