← Charles LeverTom Burke of Oursby Charles LeverFind on Amazon↗About the authorCharles LeverLever was the most popular Irish novelist of the mid-Victorian era, specialising in rollicking military comedies of Irish life. His early novels captured the reckless energy of Anglo-Irish society before the Famine with great verve.More by Charles LeverCharles O'MalleyAdventure novel of a young Irish officer's military exploits during the Napoleonic Wars→Harry LorrequerComic novel of an Irish officer's romantic misadventures and military escapades→Jack Hinton→The Dodd Family Abroad→