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The Scorching Wind
Walter Macken
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Description for The Scorching Wind
Hardback. The third book in the acclaimed Irish trilogy Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 666.
This is a vivid and memorable novel set in Dublin, 1916, during the Easter Rebellion and the bitter years which followed. Through the diverging lives of two young brothers the agony of Ireland during these harrowing times is witnessed.
It is the time of the Sinn Fein, of the dreaded Tans, of terrible deeds and of loyalties strained to breaking-point and beyond.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447270713
SKU
V9781447270713
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
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 The Scorching Wind
Told with pity and poetry and an impartiality almost unnatural in an Irishman writing of those seven desperate years.
Catholic Herald
The long tale of terror and bravery, the arrests, the burnings, the ambushes, the reprisals is told with the deftness of a professional storyteller.
Irish Press
Catholic Herald
The long tale of terror and bravery, the arrests, the burnings, the ambushes, the reprisals is told with the deftness of a professional storyteller.
Irish Press