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As It Was in the Beginning

As It Was in the Beginning

Paperback (15 Jun 1989)

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Publisher's Synopsis

KATE MARY MEETS AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH NED - YOUNGEST SON OF AN IRISH FAMILY. HIS TWO SISTERS ARE NUNS AND HIS BROTHER A PRIEST BUT NED WOULD RATHER DO SOMETHING MORE EXCITING AND BECOMES AN IRISH POLICEMAN. WHEN KATE MARY'S FATHER DIES, SHE'S SENT TO HER AUNT MARGARET'S AND HER COUSIN JOHNNY O'CONNOR WHO IS A FENIAN, AND THEN A SINN FEIN LEADER. A FEW YEARS LATER NED COMES LOOKING FOR JOHNNY (WHO WANTS THE RELUCTANT KATE MARY AS A WIFE). KATE'S LOYALTIES ARE DIVIDED, BUT IN THE END NED MANAGES TO CAPTURE JOHNNY WHO IS HUNG, AGED 26 IN JANUARY, 1921. KATE IS THROWN OUT OF HER AUNT'S HOUSE BECAUSE SHE'S SUSPECTED OF HAVING TOLD NED OF JOHNNY'S WHEREABOUTS (NOT TRUE). NED IS EXILED FROM HIS BELOVED IRELAND AS HE IS NO LONGER SAFE THERE. HE AND KATE GO TO ENGLAND WHERE THEY MARRY AND HAVE THREE SONS. 16/01/89 PROD LAUNCH--8000X62PX$3.50(10000X53P). A FORMAT.320PP.OFFSET.SUB-7000.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780747403968
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.914
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Weight: 173g
Height: 181mm
Width: 111mm