![]() ![]() In a chance encounter with a beautiful and determined young Englishwoman, eighteen-year-old April Burke, he is instantly and passionately smitten-but callously rejected. ![]() ![]() At the age of forty, summoned to Paris to treat his dying countryman-the infamous Oscar Wilde-Charles experiences the fateful moment of his life. As a healer, he travels the countryside dispensing traditional cures while soaking up stories and legends of bygone times-and witnessing the painful, often violent birth of land-reform measures destined to lead to Irish independence. Born into a respected Irish-Anglo family in 1860, Charles loves his native land and its long-suffering but irrepressible people. So writes Charles OBrien, the unforgettable hero of bestselling author Frank Delaneys extraordinary novel-a sweeping epic of obsession, profound devotion, and compelling history involving a turbulent era that would shape modern Ireland. Book Synopsis My wooing began in passion, was defined by violence and circumscribed by land all these elements molded my soul. About the Book The New York Times-bestselling author of Ireland returns to the saga of his strife-torn nation with an authentic story of love and legacy as sweeping and dramatic as the land itself. ![]()
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