The abstainer
McGuire, Ian2020
Book
The rebels will be hanged at dawn, and their brotherhood is already plotting revenge. Manchester, 1867: Stephen Doyle, an Irish-American veteran of the Civil War, arrives from New York with a thirst for blood. He has joined the Fenians, a secret society intent on ending British rule in Ireland by any means necessary. Head Constable James O'Connor has fled grief and drink in Dublin for a sober start in Manchester, and connections with his fellow Irishmen are proving to be particularly advantageous in spying on Fenian activity. When a long-lost nephew returns from America and arrives on O'Connor's doorstep looking for work, O'Connor cannot foresee the way his fragile new life will be imperilled - and how his and Doyle's fates will be intertwined.
Main title:
The abstainer / Ian McGuire.
Author:
McGuire, Ian, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2020.©2020.
Collation:
359 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781471163609 (paperback)9781471163593 (hardback)9781471163616 (ebook)
Dewey class:
823.92F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
546477