by
Edmund Downey
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
When Charles Lever died (in 1872), his daughters were anxious that his biography should be written by Major Frank Dwyer, but Dwyer was unwilling to undertake the task, and Dr W. J. Fitzpatrick volunteered his services. In 1896 I asked Mrs Nevill, the novelist's eldest daughter, if she would be willing...