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The End of the Hunt review ¸ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Smoky pubs of Dublin where men argue elouently but action has the final word to the Irish countryside where lonely roads become paths to the grave as fast as a rifle shot; from stately manors where an ancient way of life is threatened to the gleaming London conference table where men like Lloyd George and Winston Churchill play games This book is one of three magnificent novels that clarify Irish historyduring 3 watershed eras This final book tells how the Irish finally wrested limited Home Rule from the British and the parts played beMichael Collins Winston Churchill and a score of other participants

The End of the Hunt review ¸ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Of power tainting the triumph of their Irish opponents; through the painful dilemmas and grievous losses of men and women for whom old certainties have been splintered and new sides must be chosen The End of the Hunt is fiction of a very high order It brings us face to face with history as it was made and life as it was given and lost This is the third book in Flanagan s masterful trilogy on the Irish rebellion against British rule Flanagan was a gifted writer in my opinion but his prose is seldom easy and he is not a uick read This was my favorite of the three books although I read the first two so long ago that it s difficult to be sure This was perhaps one of the saddest books that I ve read in a long time The personal tragedies of the characters are interwoven with the historical tragedy of Ireland s uest for independence and Britain s repression I started the novel after returning from my first trip to Ireland and the book made me nostalgic for the country of my grandparents although Flanagan does not spend a lot of time on the landscape It s about the men and women who lives through the years from 1916 thru the end of the civil war I wasn t sure at times which of the principals were fictional aside from the historical figures like Collins and deValera I would think it possible to read this book on its own but I would encourage potential readers to try the Year of the French

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The End of the Hunt review ¸ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Set in Ireland at the time of the Troubles during the watershed year of 1919 Thomas Flanagan's epic The End of the Hunt chronicles the years following World War I in which the British attempted to put down once and for all the centuries old dream of an independent IrelandOn the pages of this gripping novel we are transported from the Over the years I ve read both Year of The French and The Tenants of Time books that tell the story of historical attempts by the Irish to wrest their small island from the tentacles of the British Empire The End of The Hunt tells the final chapter the successful uprising led by Michael Collins in the 1920sFor those who have seen the film Michael Collins which was partially based on material from this excellent book the territory will seem somewhat familiar Flanagan tells the story through the eyes of several of the participants His writing style is intimate biographical and poetic with wonderful descriptions and attention to detail Highly recommended for those interested in a full sensory account of the fight for Irish freedom