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Seek the Fair Land
Walter Macken
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Description for Seek the Fair Land
Paperback. .The first book in the acclaimed Irish trilogy Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
It is 1649. As the English soldiers trample the Irish homesteads, leaving behind them a trail of barbarity and destruction, a few brave men set out to seek a 'fair land' over the brow of the hill.
Among them is Dominick MacMahon, whose wife has been killed in the bloody massacre of Drogheda, and whose son and daughter, and a wounded priest, Father Sebastian, accompany him.
But as he journeys in search of peace and freedom he is relentlessly pursued by Coote, the Cromwellian ruler of Connaught . . .
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447269045
SKU
9781447269045
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3
About Walter Macken
Walter Macken was born in Galway in 1915. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably ... Read more
Reviews for Seek the Fair Land
An explosive segment of history . . . contagious emotion . . . action-packed entertainment.
New York Herald Tribune
An adventure story that is both exciting and moving.
The Times
New York Herald Tribune
An adventure story that is both exciting and moving.
The Times