Barbara O'Sullivan

• Jan-2016
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• Jan-2016
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During a visit to Oxford University in 1993, with a Barrister/Solicitor my former employer, who had attended Oxford Unversity himself, I was shown the location of the Round Table. Knowing that Oxford University was built in the reign of King Henry vi...

• Jan-2016
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Master Snell A Novel by Barbara O'Sulivan is set in Victorian England in a small village in West London. The book was originally published in 2008 under the title, Oscar Defoe, by PublishAmerica, Usa. The Poor Law Amendment which was published as an ...

• Jan-2016
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The Tin Nib short stories is a book of short stories written in the 1990s. With the exception of the story about a Dutch Lady who lived in the time of Sir Philip Sidney who was famous as a soldier, sonneteer and poet. It was said that he died on the ...

• Jan-2016
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• Dec-2015
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• Jul-2015
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Oscar Defoe and the Victorian Workhouse, 1834 A review of chapter 6 - Syon House With no time to read the whole book before the printers speed into action, I studied the chapter on Syon House, my family's London home for 400 years, and was immensely ...

• Nov-2011
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The Chiswick Villain is a novel based on the story of James Ashley a Victorian criminal. It is based on factual evidence from criminal reports at The Old Bailey, London. This is an old fashioned Bonnie and Clyde style story set in the East End of Lon...

• Nov-2010
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Based on Victorian true crime. James Ashley who was born into poverty and squalor in Whitechapel, London, becomes adept at petty theft at a very young age. His father was also a villain and James, at the age of 21, decides that his future also lies i...

• Jun-2008
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A Collection of short stories for the discerning reader, ranging from The Haunted Castle, to what life was like for a Doctor of Medicine living in 1692 and how he treated his patients. Also included is The Chiswick Gentleman who makes discoveries con...

• Jun-2008
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Tales of Woe is a book of collected short stories by Barbara O'Sullivan on diverse subjects for the discerning reader. Included are stories about Mythology, (The Mysterious Island and Vulcan the Lame Goldsmith), stories about prisoners lingering in N...

• Jan-2004
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The King's Quinto is a history of the life and times of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552(4?) -1618). Raleigh was knighted by the Queen at the Feast of the Epiphany in 1585. The book includes Raleigh's trial at Winchester in 1603, after the death of Queen Eli...