Book description
The dramatic history of the creation of the Irish Free State and the brutal Civil War that followed comes to life as four young Irish people become caught up in the emotional turbulence of their time. By the author of The Tenants of Time. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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1 author picked The End of the Hunt as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I recently reread all three of Thomas Flanagan’s great novels about Ireland’s painful relationship and conflict with Great Britain, and this third book is probably the best.
The End of the Hunt focuses on two sets of characters: a half-dozen fictional characters involved in the Irish Rebellion and the subsequent Irish Civil War and actual historical characters such as Michael Collins, Eamon De Valera, and Churchill.
Flanagan tells his story in beautiful prose and from the points of view of a half dozen different characters, both men and women. It is a wonderful, sad, beautifully told novel that remains one…
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