54. New York, The Dynamite Campaign...and Sherlock Holmes

Podcast: Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast · Fin Dwyer & Damian Shiels

Opublikowano: 2026-11-02

During the 1880s U.S. based Irish nationalists orchestrated a bombing campaign in England, known to history as the Dynamite Campaign. But what if the world’s most famous fictional detective had been sent across the Atlantic by the British Government to investigate? In this episode, Fin and Damian are joined by Dr Terry Golway, the author of numerous factual history books on this period, to dicuss just such a scenario, from his new historical novel Terror from America: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure. As well as discussing the history that underpins the novel, we explore some of the American an...