Flight of the Doves

MacKen, Walter

Children's Books

Atheneum

The first book in a trilogy examining the adventures of several generations of one Irish family. Set amidst the Cromwellian Invasions, Seek the Fair Wind begins in 1641. Dominick McMahon, a merchant by trade, has little appetite for fighting, yet is forced to defend his town against Cromwell's army. From dark city streets to wild mountains, from vicious slaughter to triumphant faith, from selfish obedience to heroic opposition this novel paints a vivid portrait of the struggles of the Irish people against the English. Along with The Silent People and The Scorching Wind, Seek the Fair Land is a fascinating examination of the history and events that fueled the fight for freedom in Ireland.

Seek the Fair Land

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Irish Book Center

Written with all the power of suppressed pity and rage. (Liverpool Daily Post)Walter Macken writes with passion . . a quite brilliant novel (Topic) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. In Ireland in 1826 millions knew only famine, oppression and degradation. The landlords ground down the tenant famers; tithe wars and injustice were rife. But Dualta Duane battles against tyranny, struggling to survive the evils of hunger, poverty and disease. Courageous and fortified by an enduring love, Duane's unconquerable spirit personifies the love of freedom that raged in the soul of Ireland.

Silent People

Pan Books, Ltd.

4th Pan M46 print edition paperback vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Scorching Wind

Contemporary

Rain on the Wind

A dramatic story set amongst a fishing community in the west of Ireland, a classic in Irish fiction.

Literary

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. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Like his father before him, Donn is born to the now mythical role of the Lord of the Mountain, a remote community in rural Ireland, unmarked by the passage of time. But Donn longs for a wider kingdom. He deserts his bride, roams the world, fights in wars, is footloose - yet finds that he is homesick. Sixteen years later he returns to take up the threads of his old life, to learn to love his afflicted daughter, and to bring progress to the neglected green valley. Light comes, water flows, the land prospers. Then, on a night of innocent festivity, a monstrous crime is perpetrated. His kingdom violated, Donn dedicates himself to a terrible revenge that can only destroy the avenger as well as the hunted

Brown Lord of the Mountain

Ten-year-old Conor is in great danger. He has stumbled across the Great Yellow Ox, a treasure that has been hidden for over two thousand years. But two people, Lady Agnes and her husband the Captain, want it for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it. When Corner and his friends are trapped on an island, only Lady Agnes and the Captain know where they are. The boys find themselves in a desperate struggle, torn between wanting to escape and wanting to save the Great Yellow Ox.

The Island of the Great Yellow Ox

Piccolo Books

Pan 1971 paperback, vg+ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

The Coll Doll, and Other Stories

Pan/Macmillan

This is the story of Stephen O'Riordan, a true son of the wild and beautiful land of Connemara, of his hopes and ambitions, and of his passionate and stormy love for Kathleen, sister of his bitterest enemy . . .  It is also the story of Ireland after twenty-five years of liberty, like Stephen new in its freedom and thought yet primitive in its emotions, its people witty, bawdy, boozy, hard-working, loud-voiced or gentle - but never dull . . .

Quench the Moon

A story set in the Irish village of Boola featuring a wilful young man who always leaves trouble and harm in his wake. From the author of THE BOGMAN.

Sunset on the Window Pane

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