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Title: 1949: A Novel of the Irish Free State by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0-312-86753-0 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 22 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: WOW!!!! Morgan Llywelyn Does It Again!!!
Comment: 1949, the third book in Morgan Llywelyn's series about 20th Century Ireland ( I am told there will be two more) is a compelling story of Ireland's continued struggle for complete independence from British rule, and for those who have been anxiously awaiting for this story, I can assure you, you will not be disappointed.
Ursula, aka Precious, was found wandering the streets of Dublin as a toddler by Ned Halloran, who readers of 1916 and 1921 will remember. Her parentage a question, Ned was taken in by Ned and his wife, Sile, and raised as their own.
1949 is Ursula's story. It opens in the early days of the Irish Free State and ends with the forming of the Republic in 1949. We follow Ursula as she leaves Neds family farm in County Clare at the urging of Henry and Ella Mooney (who readers will also remember from 1916 and 1921). Henry wouldn't let Ella use any of her family's money to help support their family but does agree for her to pay for Ursula's education at an exclusive private school in Switzerland.
When Ursula returns to Ireland she secures a job at the new radio station, helping write copy (but never allowed to be on the air herself). Through her eyes we see the continued political struggle in Ireland and her view of world events in the days before the second world war.
Ursula has vowed never to marry, in large part due to new laws in Ireland against married women working outside the home. Nevertheless, she is very attractive to the opposite sex and to two men in particular - Finbar Cassidy, an Irish government official whose political views frequently clash with her own, and Lewis Baines, a dashing young English pilot whose conquests of beautiful women have become legendary.
Morgan Llywelyn, whose knowledge of Irish politics and history is really unequalled in historical fiction written today, liberally adds historical facts and events to add depth and interest but never detracting from the overall story.
I can't remember when I have looked forward to a book more. Readers of 1916 and 1921 will enjoy visits with characters important in those books including Henry and Ella Mooney, Ned Halloran, and Ned's family in County Clare. Llywelyn's stories appeal to a wide variety of readers and my husband and daughter, both of whom have read 1916 and 1921, were fighting over who was going to get to read 1949 when I finished.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Ending to the Trilogy
Comment: Assuming this was the last in the series the author started with 1916, it was truly a great finish. The main character in this book was the best of all her characters, and the way she interweaves the fictional plot with real events is just amazing. Through reading this series, the reader learns a tremendous amount of interesting history, and also will meet unforgettable fictional characters. To anyone interested in Irish history, and/or just a series of good books, I would recommend reading 1916, 1921 and most definitely 1949, preferably one after the other, because there are so many recurring characters that they may become hard to remember if one of the arlier books was read too long ago.
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Title: 1921 : The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0812570790 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 15 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0812574923 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Grania : She-King of the Irish Seas by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 076530838X Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Last Prince of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0812579135 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Brian Boru : Emperor of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0812544617 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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