Hugh Talbot: A Tale Of The Irish Confiscations Of The Seventeenth Century is a historical novel written by William J. O'Neill Daunt and published in 1846. The story is set in Ireland during the 17th century, a time of great political and social upheaval. The main character, Hugh Talbot, is a young Catholic nobleman who finds himself caught up in the conflict between the English Protestant settlers and the native Irish population.As the story unfolds,...