Down a Road All Rebels Run

by Mogue Doyle (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $4.52

  This title is set in South Wexford, 1920 with Jim Rowe, the newly appointed captain of a volunteer company, who are fighting the Black and Tans. The Tans are brutal and emotionless and their orders are to crush any notions of Irish independence among the local population. Jim is young, idealistic and committed. Boosted by small successes, he plans an ambitious mission: the ambush of the local Tan garrison as they return to base one evening. But a callous betrayal, from within the volunteer ranks, leads the Tans directly to him. Their reprisal is more vicious and more personal than he could ever have imagined. Ordinary people are faced with unimaginable events in this haunting story of struggle and survival, driven by idealism, love, and a lust for revenge.

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  Hardcover
  2005

  $8.13

  South Wexford, 1920: Jim Rowe is the newly appointed captain of a company of volunteers set up to combat the recent arrival of a battalion of Black and Tans. Responsible for a number of bloody raids and killings elsewhere in the country, the Tans are under strict orders to quell any notions of Irish independence among the local population. Jim is young, idealistic and committed. When the ammunition he needs for his men does not materialize, he gets what he wants - by force - from local smallholders. Emboldened by his success, he starts to plan a far bigger operation: the ambush of the local Tan garrison as they return to base one evening. But Jim's dreams of success turn to fear when he suspects that one of his close friends may not be entirely loyal to the cause. When the Tans come after him, their reprisal is more vicious and more personal than he could ever have imagined. Featuring a cast of ordinary people caught up in the onward march of history, and with writing that swings seeamlessly between past and present, joy and despair, A Troubled Time is a haunting, lyrical novel of political idealism, love, jealousy and a lust for revenge.