"Sketches in the House: The Story of a Memorable Session (1893)" by T. P. O'Connor, the pen-name of Thomas Power O'Connor, recounts a session of parliament. Though that might seem like a topic aimed at a narrow audience, that isn't the case. O'Connor's personal experience as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for five decades gave him all the experince necessary to weave a tale that not only made the inner workings of parliament interesting, but gripping.