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By Peter De Rosa
"A paintings of serious DRAMATIC strength climaxing within the ultimate hundred pages the place he writes a whole, searing narrative of the patriot leaders' final days . . . It's strong stuff."
--The Sunday Press (Ireland)
On Easter Monday of 1916, 1000 Irish women and men, armed with pikes and rifles, took over the heart of Dublin and proclaimed a republic. It was once a rash, doomed, symbolic rebellion, and the insurgent leaders knew it. Crack British troops killed and wounded 1000's of the rebels within the week of struggling with, and British artillery shells left Dublin's urban heart in ruins.
But the emerging of 1916 used to be no longer in useless. The short-lived rebellion and the next executions of 16 insurgent leaders galvanized the Irish humans. The overthrow of 7 centuries of British rule in eire started on Easter Monday, 1916.
In Rebels, Peter de Rosa, writer of the bestselling Vicars of Christ, tells the tale of the 1916 emerging in all its terror and wonder. With the dramatic aptitude of a novelist and the scrupulous accuracy of a pro historian, de Rosa brings to existence the folks, passions, politics, and repercussions of this ancient event.
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Guten Morgen, Sol. Hey, how’s this for prompt? Not even eight thirty,” Ortiz said, cat-walking in and then spinning around to stare back at the street. “Man, it’s a funny day outside,” he said with a sudden change of tone. ” Sol looked up at him. He felt the strange sensation of having his thoughts pried into. But the ivory-dark face was bland and innocent, admitted to no trespassing. “Well, it give me a chance to catch up some more on them suits. I was talking to that George Smith, you know, that kook comes in here to talk to you sometimes.
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But her son, Morton, was vulnerable to her irritation. indd 28 7/1/15 3:34 PM t h e paw n b r o k e r were two of a kind, both sullen, unattractive creatures who dampened her “Happy American Family” setting. Oh, she supposed it wasn’t Sol’s fault that he had gone through what he had. But it had been a prison, and the degradation and filth had rubbed off on him. God knew what had so soiled Morton! When they all sat down to dinner, Bertha unhappily compared Morton and Sol with her husband and her daughter.