A magnificent epic about love and war, family life and political intrigue in Ireland over the course of seventeen centuries. From the legend of Cuchulainn to the founding of the Irish State in 1922.
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The saga of Ireland's 400-year path to independence told through the lives of individuals.
"Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of people with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of an iconic place over multiple generations. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes readers into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom. The st...
The saga begins in tribal, pre-Christian Ireland during the reign of the fierce and mighty High Kings at Tara, with the tale of two lovers, the princely Conall and the ravishing Deirdre, whose travails cleverly echo the ancient Celtic legend of Cuchulainn. From that stirring begi...
Follows the lives and destinies of several Dublin families, both Catholic and Protestant, from all strata of society, from the sixteenth-century colonization of Ireland by the English to the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922.
Once again Rutherfurd takes us inside the process of history by tracing the lives of several Dublin families from all strata of society, Protestant and Catholic, rich and poor, conniving and heroic. Through the eyes of the victims and the perpetrators alike the painful realities ...
Traces the history of New York through the lenses of several families including a wealthy Dutch trading clan, a family of English merchants torn apart during the Revolution, slaves who fight for their freedom over several generations, and immigrants from Ireland, Italy and Easter...
From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps through centuries as it weaves the tales of families whose fates are forever entwined with the City of Lights. The breathtaking multigenerational saga takes listeners on a journey thr...
The intertwining fates of characters rich and poor, black and white, native-born and immigrant, brings to life the momentous events that shaped New York City and America: the Revolutionary War, the emergence of the city as a great trading and financial center, the excesses of the...
An intertwining of characters and monumentous events that shaped New York and America, from the Revolutionary War to the attacks on the World Trade Center.