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    1949: A Novel of the Irish Free State

    By Morgan Llywelyn

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    Morgan Llywelyn's masterly epic, The Irish Century, continues in 1949, a sequel to 1916 and 1921.

    The struggle of the Irish people for independence is one of the compelling historical dramas of the twentieth century. 1949 tells the story of Ursula Halloran, a fiercely independent young woman who comes of age in the 1920s. The tragedy of Irish civil war gives way in the 1920s to a repressive Catholic state led by Eamon De Valera. Married women cannot hold jobs, divorce is illegal, and the IRA has become a band of outlaws still devoted to and fighting for a Republic that never lived. The Great Depression stalks the world, and war is always on the horizon, whether in Northern Ireland, Spain, or elsewhere on the European continent.

    Ursula works for the fledgling Irish radio service and then for the League of Nations, while her personal life is torn between two men: an Irish civil servant and an English pilot.

    Defying Church and State, Ursula bears a child out of wedlock, though she must leave the country to do so, and nearly loses her life in the opening days of World War II. Eventually she returns to an Ireland that is steadfastly determined to remain neutral during the war.

    1949 is the story of one strong woman who lives through the progress of Ireland from a broken land to the beginnings of a modern independent state.

    The Irish Century Novels
    1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion
    1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War
    1949: A Novel of the Irish Free State
    1972: A Novel of Ireland's Unfinished Revolution
    1999: A Novel of the Celtic Tiger and the Search for Peace

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2010
    ISBN9781429913164
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    Morgan Llywelyn

    MORGAN LLYWELYN is the author of such highly praised historical novels as the New York Times bestselling Lion of Ireland, Bard, Brian Boru, Finn Mac Cool, Pride of Lions, and 1916. She is celebrated as the high priestess of Celtic historical fiction and has won numerous awards for her historical fiction. She lives near Dublin, Ireland.

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    • 4/5
      Llywelyn takes her historical fiction of "The Irish Century" through the depression and WWII in the third volume. As with the earlier installments, Llywelyn's balance between historical detail and just plain story-telling is near pitch-perfect. The most intriguing character from the second installment (1921), Ursula Halloran, is central to the '1949' story, as she struggles with the conflict between her un-stinting support of the revolution and her desire to see newly won freedoms equally available to women as well and men.
    • 5/5
      Book about a cathloic female who chooses to stay single in Ireland. She has romances but nothing towards marriage except one man. Alas..he is a Brit. Wonderful historical knowledge of Ire's pleas for freedom. Deval and Collins are truthfully portraited.Details how the IRA has gone from a good thng to a radical group. Demonstrates how Ire should have had all 8 Norhtern parts.