Ireland: Awakening

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Ireland: Awakening (US title The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)

First edition cover
Author Edward Rutherfurd
Country England
Language English
Series The Dublin Saga
Genre(s) Historical novel
Publisher Century Hutchinson
Publication date 2 March 2006
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 896 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 978-1844137947 (first edition, hardback)
Preceded by Dublin: Foundation

Ireland: Awakening (2006) (also known in North America as The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga) is a novel by Edward Rutherfurd first published in 2006 by Century Hutchinson. It concludes the two part series known as the The Dublin Saga.

[edit] Plot summary

This sequel to Dublin: Foundation also set in Ireland follows the clans or families of the O'Byrnes, Walshes, MacGowans etc. In addition to the previous novel other families appear on the scene and together they live throughthe Cromwellian period, the English Protestant Ascendancy and the Famine.

[edit] Publishing history

  • 2006, UK, Century (ISBN 978-1844137947), pub date 2 March 2006, hardback (First edition)
  • 2006, Canada, Doubleday Canada (ISBN 978-0385659062), pub date 2 March 2006, hardback (as The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
  • 2007, USA, Ballantine Books (ISBN 978-0345472366), pub date 27 February 2007, paperback (as The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
  • 2007, UK, Arrow Books (ISBN 978-0099476559), pub date 1 March 2007, paperback

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