The Proud Man

by Elizabeth Linington

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Genres: Historical Fiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

Linington wrote under several monikers, including Anne Blaisdell, Lesley Egan, Egan O'Neill and Dell Shannon.

Barbara "Elizabeth" Linington (March 11, 1921–April 5, 1988) was a prolific American novelist. She was awarded runner-up scrolls for best first mystery novel from the Mystery Writers of America for her 1960 novel, Case Pending, which introduced her most popular series character, LAPD Homicide Lieutenant Luis Mendoza. Her 1961 tome, Nightmare, and her 1962 novel, Knave of Hearts, another entry in the Mendoza series, were both nominated for Edgars in the Best Novel category. Regarded as the "Queen of the Procedurals," she was one of the first women to write police procedurals — a male-dominated genre of police-story writing.

She was born in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois; and died on April 5, 1988 in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California. During much of her career she was represented by literary agent Barthold Fles.

Besides crime, Linington also took interest in archaeology, the occult, gemstones, antique weapons and languages.

Reviews

[Carla]

An older book,copyright 1955, but a fun read. The setting is mid 1500s Ireland/England/Scotland, the time of Mary Tudor's reign. The writing style is interesting. At times the dialogue is tricky to read because of how it is written in the style/cadence/slang of English long ago. So, I reread. And, then, I just love historical novels set in that time period for no other reason.

[Lee Bartholomew]

Considering it was written in 1955. It is a remarkably easy book to read except for the old school swearing Where the swear comes after the word By (By God and the other one) at the beginning of the sentence which was hard to get into at first but beyond 50 pages well worth the read. Mostly fiction but the dates and fights are mostly non-fiction. I loved it enough to look up the ruins. I am surprised no one's made a movie about Shane O'Neill. It reads more like Braveheart as in terms of the story.

[Jenn Tatum]

One of my favorite stories. Most of it is dialog. But there's something exciting about reading tales of probable ancestors, even if the O'Neill might not have been the most upstanding man around... Also a good example of how true love can change a person - even if it isn't a miraculous amount.

[Coleen Dailey]

Love Irish history. This is the story of the O'Neill s and their fight against the English and their betrayal by their own.

[Dandie]

Superb historical fiction

[Lynda]

I think this was her first book. I kept it because I kept all her books. I will not be keeping.