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The Minstrel Boy
A. J. Cronin
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Description for The Minstrel Boy
Paperback. From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Desmonde Fitzgerald is handsome, charming and blessed with a marvellous singing voice – he is the Minstrel Boy. He becomes a priest, winning the coveted Golden Chalice for his singing when in seminary school abroad. But the duality of nature threatens to destroy the brilliant future that lies before him. Beloved of his parishioners and canon, he is devastatingly attractive to women, in particular the wealthy patron of his church at Kilbarrack, Ireland. But it is not until her wayward and sensual niece, Claire, arrives that disaster strikes . . .
In the magnificent narrative tradition of The ... Read more, The Stars Look Down and Cronin’s other classic novels, The Minstrel Boy is a great book by a much-loved author
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447244127
SKU
9781447244127
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About A. J. Cronin
Born in Cardross, Scotland, A J Cronin studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1916 he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteers Reserve, and at the war's end he completed his medical studies and practiced in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, studying the medical problems of the mining industry. He ... Read more
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