FINE CONDITION internally & externally: not soiled, marked, or faded! Slight rubbing to the lower edges of the covers. Leon Uris (1924 - 2003) was an American author of historical fiction who wrote many bestselling books including Exodus (1958) and Trinity (published in 1976). EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED & Limited 'Collector's Edition of the much praised bestselling volume of LEON URIS'S historical fiction that brings to life Irish nationalism and rebellion. With Certificate of Authenticity Signed by Leon Uris witnessed & signed by the Publisher of Easton Press laid in.

22kt gold title and embellishments on spine and triskellion interlace on front cover, illustrated with decorative B&W doublespread maps of Ballyutogue, Ulster, Derry, Belfast, & Dublin peach silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon page-marker, all edges gilt, 751 pages. SIGNED by the Author on a special preliminary signature page & on the Easton Press Certificate of Authenticity, thick & tall 8vo / aka small 4to (9 3/8' x 6' x 2 1/4'), dark green full leather with four raised bands and. This small group, with the support of the few Irish politicians, becomes the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the roots of Sinn Féin, and the whisper of freedom throughout Ireland.Condition: Fine. In Derry, Conor discovers other like-minded Irish tired of the oppression of the Catholics by the British and Protestants. Held down by the Protestant reign in Derry's labor unions, the Catholics are dying slowly without hope. Bogside is in tatters and a state of despair that has stricken its inhabitants since before the Great Famine that had occurred between 18. In Bogside Conor witnesses the extent of the disaster that has befallen the Irish people. Seamus goes to college in Belfast, and Conor heads to Derry. Ingram, who teaches them of the power of books and the history of their Irish forefathers. As the years pass, the boys become friends with Mr. Conor, needed at home, helps his father in the fields, until he becomes an apprentice at a blacksmith shop. This stirs the fire of rebellion in Conor, and sets him onto the path for freedom for his Irish people.Ĭonor's best friend Seamus O'Neill begins school in town under a Protestant named Mr. 1976 1st edition Doubleday & Company publishers, New York thick hardbound in dark blue boards with lime green lettering along spine quite good condition of unmarked pages boards have minor bumps - see pics dust jacket has tears and so is only fair condition.Īmidst the ancient Irish Catholic mourning process for his grandfather Kilty, 12-year-old Conor Larkin has a vision of the town storyteller, who tells him of the history of the Fenians, an early 19th-century rebel group.

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