The Soldier's Farewell (The Soldier's Song Trilogy, 3) - Softcover

Monaghan, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 023074091X ISBN 13: 9780230740914

Verlag: Macmillan, 2012

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Críticas:

'Monaghan is at his best when he veers ... into Bernard Cornwell territory. His descriptions of action are lucid and exciting, evoking the tension of the cat-and-mouse manoeuvres of snipers, and simplifying the chaos of small-scale skirmishes ... Entertaining.' --The Sunday Times Ireland

'An impressive achievement . . . a cleanly written, well paced and confident narrative . . . a skilfully told historical saga' --Irish Independent

'In the final part of Alan Monaghan s trilogy, Dubliner Stephen Ryan, who served as an officer in the British army during the first world war, gets embroiled in the political tensions of Ireland in the early 1920 s while trying to protect his fiancée from a vicious enemy. As Stephen joins in the treaty in negotiations in London and becomes part of the new Free State, his brother Joe remains firmly on the other side, and political strife are intertwined in this accomplished novel.' --Irish Times 30 Great Summer Reads.

"Mr Monaghan is a talented stroyteller, and infuses a well-worn tale with frsh life...The clean, terse prose is masterful in setting the novel s breakneck pace, the vivid scenes keep the reader s attention, and, at times, the book truly captivates. The result is a neat closure to a highly successful saga, but suggests that there is so much more to come from a writer of considerable ambition." --Billy O Callaghan, Irish Examiner

Reseña del editor:

Dublin, 1921. The Irish War of Independence comes to a head, in a conflict that will pit Irishman against Irishman, brother against brother . . . Stephen Ryan, an Irishman who fought for the British in the trenches, is sent to London where negotiations are beginning. He leaves behind his brother, Joe, who has been jailed for his actions in the IRA. There are those on both sides who would see the Treaty fail and Stephen soon finds himself beset by problems - a legal dispute, a blackmail attempt, even a plot to assassinate Winston Churchill. This is a story about two brothers, played out against the political and military upheavals that racked Ireland in the 1920s. The Anglo-Irish Treaty brings the war with the British to a close, but a new war is emerging and Stephen finds himself once more called upon as a soldier. Assassinations and guerrilla warfare are the backdrop to the call to arms, as both sides attempt to force a new order.

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• Verlag: Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 023074091X
• ISBN 13: 9780230740914
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352