A World Apart: An Epic Novel From Ireland's Past: A story of Love, Passion, and Rebellion (A Biographical Novel): 3 (The Liberty Trilogy) - Hardcover

Browne, Gretta Curran

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0995558272 ISBN 13: 9780995558274

Publisher: GCB Publications, 2021

Synopsis

A WORLD APART: An Epic Novel From Ireland's Past - The Michael Dwyer Story continues... - (Book 3 of THE LIBERTY TRILOGY)

 

The Michael Dwyer story continues ... powerful in its drama and truth ... and his fame in the history of Ireland begins

A COMPLETE STAND-ALONE NOVEL and Book 3 Of THE LIBERTY TRILOGY

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR of TREAD SOFTLY ON MY DREAMS

 

GRETTA CURRAN BROWNE has been internationally published throughout Europe and in Japan and China.

 

`Here is a real blockbuster, magnificent, passionate, poignant.’ – Books Ireland.

`A powerful historical novel.’ – Guernsey Evening Press

`Highly recommended.’ – Irish World

`Powerful! A love story which endures more than half a century and spans two continents.’  – Brecon and Radnor Express

`Browne has a talent for drawing us into her characters and situations.’ – Irish News

 

In her historical `faction’ novels, Gretta Curran Browne tells the story of actual people and actual events and, apart from using a few minor fictional characters, she does not change history or distort the true stories of the worthy people she has “reclaimed” from history to bring to a present-day audience.

When first published in hardback,  Tread Softly On My Dreams and Fire On The Hill were bought by the University of Notre Dame in the USA, The National Library of Ireland, and The Princess Grace Irish Library in the Palace of Monaco.

 

 

They thought they had killed him – on the same winter night his friend Sam McAllister had been shot dead on the hillside of Derrynamuck – they had chased Michael and seen a trail of his blood in the snow. Oh yes, the young rebel captain was dead and gone, and would cause no further trouble to them – the hated militia who raped and burned houses at will and treated the people of Wicklow like some dirt that kept getting under their boots.

Desperate for his protection from the militia’s brutality, only the people refused to believe that Michael Dwyer was dead. To them he was like a prince – `aye, a prince, same as a king’s son’ – and  if Michael had been killed, all his friends would have been in mourning, but they were not. Too many times they had seen the small, secret smiles of Michael’s friends when the militia gloated over his death.

And then there was Mary – his beautiful Mary who had adored him  – why was she not looking in any way heart-broken? Why was she just carrying on with her life as normal?

No, the people concluded, Michael was not dead – injured maybe, a whole lot of bullets had flown towards him that night at Derrynamuck – but he had been dodging bullets for years and not one had  ever reached him. No, only the stupid militia would believe that Michael had been defeated – the whole dumb pack of them.

About this title

About the Author:

Gretta Curran Browne was born in Dublin city where she spent some of her childhood years in the notorious Goldenbridge orphanage. Later she was transferred to a second orphanage in Preston in England, which was less harsh, and where, due to one special nun, she became acquainted with the magic of storytelling. In her teenage years she moved to London to study Drama, working as a telephonist at night to pay her rent and attending Drama school in the day: after which she spent some years working full time in theatre and occasionally in television. Her first attempts at professional writing began after her two children were born, and she became a full-time mother, writing at night when the world and her children were asleep. She began with two short stories, both of which won prizes. She then began her first novel, `Tread Softly On My Dream’s, based on the true story of the young Irish hero, Robert Emmet. Published by Headline and critically acclaimed by the Press, Tread Softly On My Dreams was acquired by the University of Notre Dame in the US, and The Princess Grace Irish Library in the palace of Monaco. This was followed by her second Irish novel, Fire On The Hill and later followed by her first contemporary novel, Ghosts In Sunlight. Gretta’s writing career was interrupted in full flow when her son broke his back in an accident and needed her care for some years. Now fully recovered, her son is a successful young actor and Gretta has returned to her passion for writing. She has just completed The Far Horizon, the sequel to By Eastern Windows, set primarily in early Australia. Gretta is married to a lawyer and lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: GCB Publications
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0995558272
• ISBN 13: 9780995558274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 254