Out Of Ireland [electronic resource]
Christopher Koch2013
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The brilliant companion volume to HIGHWAYS TO A WAR. This masterful novel tells
the story of a man who suffers exile through fighting for the future of his
people. A leader of the Young Ireland rebellion of 1848, Robert Devereaux is an
Irish gentleman who is prepared to hazard a life of privilege in the fight for
his country's freedom. transported to Van Diemen's land as a political prisoner,
he enters a life that greatly changes him, falling in love with a young Irish
convict woman. through Kathleen O'Rahilly he comes to know the people he's long
romanticised; but his cause, and the life he has lost, will not let him go.
'these novels (Out Of Ireland and Highways to A War) will surely become
Australian classics.' - the Australian's Review of Books 'Koch is both painter
and poet - an acute observer of detail with a language so distilled in its
purity as to create the illusion that the reader is also the observer.' Sydney
Morning Herald 'that it succeeds so well is mainly be...
Main title:
Out Of Ireland [electronic resource] / Christopher Koch
Author:
Christopher Koch, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (752 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743098431
Language:
English
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BRN:
428994
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