After Mary - Softcover

McMahon, Katharine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0002258439 ISBN 13: 9780002258432

Publisher: Flamingo, 2000

Synopsis

A love story set in turbulent seventeenth-century England.

This is the story of Isabel Stanhope, the daughter of a seventeenth-century English Catholic family, who becomes involved with the dangerous political and religious factions of the day.

Katharine McMahon writes about the real lives of women from the past.

Strong narrative, vividly-drawn characters and a historical setting.

Based in part on the true story of Mary Ward, one of the seventeenth century’s most adventurous, infuriating and inspirational women. Mary Ward was a woman in constant battle with authority, and her determination to establish a female Jesuit order led her into great danger.

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Review:

‘Katharine McMahon writes in a mellifluous, often poetic style and headily evokes the Jacobean age – to such a degree that I felt absorbed into Isabel’s world and the places where she lived.’
Alison Weir, author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII

‘This is a story of passion, power – and dashed hopes. A tale to conjure with, down to its last final twist.’
Lavinia Byrne, author and broadcaster

From the Publisher:

From the reviews for AFTER MARY
'Mellifluous, poetic, this novel headily evokes the Jacobean age.' Alison Weir

'A story of passion, power and dashed hopes. A tale to conjure with, down to its final twist.' Lavinia Byrne

'A highly absorbing, satisfying read. McMahon has created a rich central character in Isabel.' Dublin Evening Herald

'AFTER MARY engages from the first to the last. A book to savour, a jewel that sparkles.' Catholic Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Flamingo
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0002258439
• ISBN 13: 9780002258432
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350