The Scorching Wind - Hardcover

MacKen, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333072189 ISBN 13: 9780333072189

Publisher: MacMillan, 1964

Synopsis

The third novel in Walter Macken's epic trilogy following one family through 300 years of Irish history Continuing the adventures of several generations of one Irish family. In 1916 a medical student, the son of a school teacher, is drawn despite himself into the turbulent politics of the time. A powerful story of a young man and the fight within himself, his love for his older brother, and the tragic events that sweep their country. Along with Seek the Fair Land and The Silent People, The Scorching Wind is a fascinating examination of the history and events that fueled the fight for freedom in Ireland.

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About the Author

Walter Macken was born in Galway in 1915. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels Seek the Fair Land, The Silent People and The Scorching Wind. He passed away in 1967.

Review

Told with pity and poetry and an impartiality almost unnatural in an Irishman writing of those seven desperate years. Catholic Herald The long tale of terror and bravery, the arrests, the burnings, the ambushes, the reprisals is told with the deftness of a professional storyteller. Irish Press

About this edition

• Publisher: MacMillan
• Publication date: 1964
• ISBN 10: 0333072189
• ISBN 13: 9780333072189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308