In Their Dreams of Fire

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A vast and sweeping saga telling the story of two families, the Hennessys and the Codys who grew up and intertwined in West Cork during the troubled years of the Irish War of Independence and Civil War 1919 - 1923, the story focuses on the enduring passion between Sonny Hennessy, a poor farm boy who becomes a man of war and Anna Cody the beautiful and self- willed daughter of a better off family; while at the same time describing an entire country torn apart by conflict and change.
Here appears an unforgettable cast of characters: from the blood -dreading humanist, Doctor James Baldwin to the tragic Michael Collins; the steadfast Elizabeth Hennessy to the fated Lord Bandon; the wily Lloyd George to the Jesuitical de Valera; the voluptuous Eleanore Eustace to the choleric Major Percival; the swashbuckling General Tom Barry to the feisty Magie Cody.
From the clash of armies to the individual sorrow of the heart, In Their Dreams of Fire is a monumental view of Irish history and personal destiny, and a tribute to the ability of the human spirit to rise above adversity.