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The Irish Merchant of Alicante
€ 26.25
ISBN: 9798992351408
George Moore is forced by the British imposed Penal Laws to leave Ireland in 1754 and emigrate to Spain, where he became a wealthy merchant. He returned in 1790 when the laws were relaxed, bought a large landed estate in his native Co Mayo where he built the magnificent Moore Hall - beginning the new Moore Family Dynasty.
Michael Gerard weaves a compelling and entertaining story around the trials and tribulations of four Moore family generations who helped to shape Irish history, and are themselves shaped by that complex and turbulent history. This book brings to life the landed gentry of Ireland, the persecuted peasant tenant farmers, the rebellious patriots, the loyalists, politicians and cultural artists of that era - all of whom walked the delicate line between rising Catholic nationalism and the diminishing Protestant power of the ruling minority elite. This is an epic historical novel, a must read for anybody interested in Irish history and the rise of modern Ireland from these ashes.
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Date of Publication: 13/02/2025
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