The Nationalists
by Liam Robert Mullen
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Pub Date Aug 08 2016 | Archive Date Feb 23 2024
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Description
Anyone with an interest in Irish history will enjoy The Nationalists, a novel which opens during the 1916 Easter Rising, extends to the Black and Tan War and culminates in the Irish Civil War of 1922.
The story opens with Tony McAnthony meeting Angela O'Sullivan in the GPO during the Rising. Imprisoned after the Rising, Tony must fight for the woman he loves. He is forced to make hard life-changing choices when Lucy, Angela's best friend, is raped by the Black and Tans, the hated British auxiliary forces. Tony must now make a choice between the pen and the gun. Angela is taken aback by what he decides and as a headstrong Kerry woman she goes her own way. Their paths will collide again later.
Father John Troy also has difficult choices to make. His decision to render aid to rebels lands him in prison and on a collision course with Rome, the Irish hierarchy and fellow priests. The Rising of course was more than a military thing. A cultural revolution took place in tandem. The Nationalists explores this aspect as well including the Abbey Theatre.
The story interweaves factual and fictional characters - men like Eamon de Valera and Michael Collins. The story isn't completely set in Dublin, but moves to Kerry, Wales and London and moves on from the Rising to the elections of 1918, the Black and Tan War and the Irish Civil War.
Everyone is affected. Nobody escapes unscathed.
Advance Praise
"bloody accurate"
"bloody accurate"
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781519094179 |
| PRICE | $3.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 428 |
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Featured Reviews
Librarian 650930
1916. The GOP. Dublin. Black and Tans. MIchael Collins. Sinn Fein. The IRB. Kilmainham Gaol. If you love Irish history, this is a fantastic book. If you having no working knowledge of this country or the origins of a free and independent Ireland, you will gain some knowledge even though this is a work of fiction. For those interested, I am more likely to recommend Trinity by Leon Uris. For those that have already read Trinity, I would recommend this book. I think upper grades high school, college students, and adults would enjoy this book if interested in this time period/historical events with a little romance on the side.
Mitch R, Reviewer
This is a very well written book that pulls its readers right into the story! If you have some great stories like this one, you can publish it on Novel Star, just submit your story to hardy@novelstar.top or joye@novelstar.top
Reviewer 348602
This tale of the Easter Rising and beyond comes at the story from varied viewpoints. I'm still not sure how I feel about that, however, the story is the richer for it. Do not expect a happy ending from this one. Which is a way is to be expected as those were horrid times. Hard times for all involved. The settlement crafted is still in effect today and many in Ireland would still like to see the north returned to the fold. This will give you a look at what happened and why.
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