The Germans in Cork
Subtitle: being the letters of His Excellency the Baron von Kartoffel (Military Governor of Cork in the year 1918) and others
Publisher: Talbot Press
Published: 1917
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Humor
Description: Epistolary novel about the Germans ruling Ireland during War World I, written as a warning to Irish citizens who might be sympathetic with the Germans. It was first published in a Cork newspaper in 1916 and in book form in 1917.  Although published anonymously, novelist Mary Carbery acknowledged in 1937 that she was the author.  Cf. Joachim Fischer's "A future Ireland under German rule: Dystopias as propaganda during World War I (Utopian studies, June 2007)
Notes: Original dark bluish grey printed paper wrappers.