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Paperback 640 Pages
Published: 04/07/2011
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Rich and epic Historical Fiction set against the backdrop of the Great Famine. Perfect for fans of Winston Graham and Ken Follett.

It is August 1845. In Dublin’s Botanic Gardens, Phytophora infestans is discovered for the first time. The bacteria blooms throughout the country, blighting potato crops and creating what becomes known as the Great Famine: an event of holocaust proportions that affects every man, woman and child in Ireland.

Ellen O’Malley is one such victim. As the Blight ravages the land, Ellen loses her husband. Alone and vulnerable, she is duped into going to Australia to seek a better life, leaving three of her beloved children behind. Travelling aboard a coffin ship, she arrives emaciated and ill with her new baby. But the country proves a harsh and brutal landscape and a change in fortunes seems further away than ever. But Ellen, a woman with an indomitable spirit, is determined to rise above her oppression and bring her family together once more.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780006510505
Number of pages: 640
Weight: 336 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 38 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

‘Irish history is like a gold seam for historical novelists – there to be mined. Occasionally a nugget is produced and Graham’s is one of those.’Ireland on Sunday ‘The guy can write. Lyrical music. Musical prose.’Sunday Independent ‘Posted for worldwide literary success. A gripping page-turner about one of the grossest stains on the British Empire.’Hotpress ‘A remarkable and emotional odyssey which uses the great Irish famine and the subsequent diaspora as the subject matter for a novel of immense potency.’Irish Post ‘This huge sweep of a novel will whisk you from Ireland to Australia and Canada.’Woman’s Realm

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