Stradling, Matthew
Entry updated 10 August 2018. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of Irish author Martin Francis Mahony (1831-1882), whose "Cheap John's" Auction: A Narrative in Three Parts (1871 chap) recasts the Battle of Dorking scenario, in allegorical form; the resulting tale treats defeated Britain without much sympathy. [JC]
Martin Francis Mahony
born Cork, Ireland: 1831
died London: 3 April 1882
works
- "Cheap John's" Auction: A Narrative in Three Parts (London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, 1871) [chap: pb/uncredited]
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