Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Atlas of Irish History | 1973 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 2 | Daniel O’Connell and His World | 1975 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 3 | James Connolly | 1981 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 4 | Harold Macmillan | 1985 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 5 | Victor Gollancz | 1987 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 6 | Patrick Pearse | 1990 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 7 | The Pursuit of Reason | 1993 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 8 | True Brits | 1994 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 9 | The Faithful Tribe | 1999 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 10 | Newspapermen | 2003 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 11 | Aftermath | 2009 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 12 | The Seven | 2016 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
Ruth Dudley Edwards has published twelve works of non-fiction spanning from 1973 to 2016. Her subjects include Irish revolutionary figures (James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Daniel O’Connell), British political leaders (Harold Macmillan), and institutional histories (Victor Gollancz, The Economist). She has a particular interest in Irish and British political history and the tensions between the two countries.
Her most recognized non-fiction work is Aftermath (2009), which documents the 1998 Omagh car bombing and the families’ difficult pursuit of justice through the legal system. The Seven (2016) examines the seven signatories of the 1916 Irish Proclamation. Edwards brings a historian’s rigor to her subjects while maintaining the accessible style of her journalism.