The Derrynane Saga, #1
by Kevin O' Connell
Publication Date: July 7th 2016
Publisher: Gortcullinane Press
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Wed in an arranged marriage to a man nearly fifty years her senior, sixteen-year-old Eileen O'Connell goes from being one of five unmarried sisters to become the mistress of Ballyhar, the great estate of John O'Connor, one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Ireland.
Wed in an arranged marriage to a man nearly fifty years her senior, sixteen-year-old Eileen O'Connell goes from being one of five unmarried sisters to become the mistress of Ballyhar, the great estate of John O'Connor, one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Ireland.
When O'Connor dies suddenly seven months into their marriage,
Eileen must decide whether she will fulfill her brother's strategic goals for
her family by marrying her late husband's son.
Headstrong and outspoken, Eileen frustrates her brother's wishes,
as, through the auspices of her uncle, General Moritz O'Connell of the Imperial
Austrian Army, she, along with her ebullient elder sister, Abigail, spend the
ensuing richly-dramatic and eventful years at the court of the Empress Maria
Theresa in Vienna.The sisters learn to navigate the complex and frequently
contradictory ways of the court--making a place for themselves in a world far
different from remote Derrynane. Together with the general, they experience a
complex life at the pinnacle of the Hapsburg Empire.
READ more BEYOND DERRYANANE (The Derrynane Saga, #1) . . .
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