BOOK TWO
1586-1589

by Anne Weber

Weber’s second historical novel uses the very few facts available about the teen years of Irish artist John Mulvany, future painter of Custer’s Last Rally, to build a feasible and entertaining story. It fellows the artist’s teen years after his arrival in New York City during the Irish famine. It sets the stage for Mulvany’s growing interaction with the violence and intrigues of clandestine pre-Civil War Irish Nationalism, the professional and cultural life of an artist in New York City, his attempts to understand women, and his commitment to attending the famous National Academy of Design.

About the Author

Anne Weber grew up on Long Island, New York, and currently lives on a small island off the coast of Maine. She earned her BA in studio art at SUNY Binghamton and then attended the New York Studio School in Manhattan. She wrote a monograph, The Life and Work of Irish-American Artist John Mulvany (1836-1906), in 1993. Weber began writing fiction in 2000. In addition to Constabulary Tales, a fiction­alized account of her days as constable, she has written a historical novel, A Pencil in His Pocket, Book One, and nine plays.