Review
"MICHAEL'S WAR is a serious literary work. It is also a page-turner, an exciting adventure yarn and a warm-hearted love story and a sound perspective of the tangled history of the Irish struggle for freedom. The characters are memorable and believable and like so much Irish literature, the narrative sings. Finally, it is the heritage of Daniel Ford, its author. In a word, I loved it.
"The story is set in the period 1917-23 when the Irish Republicans fought, with minimal resources, the arrogant British domination and made their mark, only to be tricked and betrayed so that in the end it was brother fighting brother. Equally important, this is a personal history of Michael Ford, a stubborn farmer, as he grows from boyhood to a commander of men, who ultimately escapes death by Irish luck and lives to look at his own gravestone before his departure for America.
"DON'T MISS THIS BOOK! -Paul Estaver"
Product Description
When he set out on his road to rebellion, Michael Ford only wanted to keep the foxes out of Hannon's Glen. But before he was done, he found himself exchanging rifle fire with the British army, with an unlikely ally in the form of Annabel Love, the squire's daughter. "Michael's War" tracks the course of revolution and civil war that rended Ireland from 1916 to 1923.
It ends with its hero escaping to America--but what sweetheart will he ask to join him in the new world? 'Michael's War' is a conflicted love story set during the Irish rebellion and civil war, early in the 20th century.
It ends with its hero escaping to America--but what sweetheart will he ask to join him in the new world? 'Michael's War' is a conflicted love story set during the Irish rebellion and civil war, early in the 20th century.
