num_pages: 216
description: The heart-breaking dilemmas and the noble and bloody history of Ireland come vividly to life in the tale of Josie, a widow living in a solitary house outside an Irish village, whose home becomes the hideout of an IRA terrorist.Historical fiction based on the life of IRA terrorist Dominic McGlinchy, who the author interviewed at Portlaoise Prison.
language: English
title: House of Splendid Isolation
titlecomplete: House of Splendid Isolation
genres: Historical, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Womens, Novels, Irish Literature, Adult, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Ireland
ratings_count: 1045
places: Ireland
series: Modern Ireland Trilogy
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London