The Taste of Love and Glory

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

It is one of many such; for he was a collector of old local traditions. It is the tale of a young Irishman who had a wicked argument with his sweetheart one night, and, drunken and depressed in his regret, fell in with the army. He died on the battlefield -- and still somehow returned to find his woman waiting. . . . tales like these are prevalent throughout the south of Ireland. The writer can vouch for one case; others are commonplace enough. And by no means is this the weirdest lore recorded in. . . . THE PURCELL PAPERS, VOLUME III

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M.R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.