November 1920 Dublin not the best place to be. She and husband Sidney are amongst enemies, personal ones and Lord Ardmore is treacherous and protected by his title. She has flouted his planned attack by phosgene on an unsuspecting public, and he is not a man to forget. Taken in for questioning, tortured and imprisoned this time at the notorious Castle, she and Sidney have to work through friends on both sides to stop Ardmore.
The Irish Rebellion was harsh. No holds barred. The ordinary man suffered in random attacks of revenge and the death toll was high and destruction of people’s livelihoods was rampant. The Government turned a blind eye and media coverage was one sided. If a publisher decided to be truthful, he was severely dealt with. It was a Nazi style state. One which the average person outside Ireland was unaware of.
The story described as historical fiction is full of facts as well though our chief characters may be fictional. Moving and extremely well written story.
Sent by Kensington Publishing for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.
This sounds good. Stories about that period in Ireland are usually very affecting. Or any book about North and South Ireland. I read Trinity by Leon Uris a gazillion years ago and it was so good - I would like to read it again but it seems to have gone out of print long ago!
ReplyDeleteI have to read more historical fiction. This sounds really good.
ReplyDeleteI mostly read non-fiction, but historical fiction like this can teach you so much about a period you knew very little about. The Irish struggle in 1920 isn't something most people outside Ireland learn much about, so it sounds like a moving and eye-opening read.
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