Book description
Following the critically acclaimed success of Dublin, this
riveting sequel takes the story of Ireland from the seventeenth
century onwards, picking up at the Reformation, and with it, the
devastating arrival of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell heralds the
inauguration of two hundred years of Protestant dominance, throughout
which many of the Irish people were impoverished and dispossessed.
Dublin is made a Protestant capital, and Catholics become an underclass.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of Irish political history, this
powerful saga is brought to its conclusion. Journeying through the
centuries right the way up to the twentieth century's Easter Rising
and Independence, passing through turbulent milestones such as The
Year of the French, the Famine and The Home Rule Movement of Parnell
along the way.
Edward Rutherfurd was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and educated at
Cambridge University and Stanford University in California. His first
book,
Sarum
was based on the history of Salisbury.
London
,
Russka
and
The Forest
, all draw on finely researched details of social history. Edward
Rutherford previously lived in London and New York City but has had a
home in Dublin for more than twelve years. He has two children.
