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Sheelagh Kelly
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From an author praised for her "genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships," a historical saga about the consequences of a wartime affair (Irish Independent).
He survived the carnage of war. But it was bitter conflict on the home front that tore his life apart . . .
After a year of fighting in the Boer War, Corporal Russ Hazelwood-missing his wife and tired of long, passionless nights-seeks solace in the arms of an African woman....
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From an author praised for her "genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships," a historical saga about an immigrant Irish family in Yorkshire (Irish Independent).
Summer, 1867: a sudden change in fortune promises to save the Feeneys from their life of poverty. But what will save the Feeney family from itself?
Patrick and Thomasin Feeney and their children, Erin, Richard and Sonny, each have different dreams-and as these dreams grow...
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There's a high price to pay for happiness... The first in an extraordinary saga trilogy from bestseller Sheelagh Kelly
While her brothers and sisters resign themselves to a life of drudgery, Katherine 'Kit' Kilmaster yearns for better things.
When she is tempted into dangerous situations with young men above her station, the family are scandalized. Kit revels in London Society, until an unexpected consequence of her free-and-easy lifestyle stops her...
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From an author praised for her "genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships," a historical family saga and sequel to Shoddy Prince (Irish Independent).
After twenty-two years' estrangement, Bright Maguire and Nat Prince are joyously reunited and plan to start a new life in Australia. Their daughter Oriel isn't thrilled by the return of her long-absent father, but can she put aside her feelings and accompany them?
After the horrors...
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From an author praised for her "genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships," a historical romantic saga set in the years prior to WWI (Irish Independent).
Bright Maguire-poor, beautiful and kind-is the youngest member of a large Irish clan. Nat Prince is the illegitimate son of a prostitute, growing up on poverty-stricken streets.
When Bright brings Nat into the bosom of her loving family, things look better for the young man. But...
6) Dickie
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From an author praised for her "genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships," a historical saga about a son's return from America to England (Irish Independent).Richard Feeney's family believed him dead. Instead, in 1874, Dickie secretly fled to America, where he prospered for twenty-six years. But now he's back.
Recriminations are soon forgotten as the family reunites. But the past has a way of catching up with you, and of catching...
7) Erin's Child
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A struggling Irish family in nineteenth century England sets its hopes on a new generation in the third volume of this dramatic historical saga.
England, 1875. The Feeney family has finally escaped the squalid slums of York. Though they have worked hard to rise up from poverty, they have not left hardship behind. The father Patrick remains a man of simple tastes, increasingly out of touch with his wife Thomasin's ambition to expand her business empire...
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From an author praised for her "genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships," a historical family saga set during the Great Famine of Ireland (Irish Independent).One fateful morning in August 1846, Patrick Feeney surveys his ruined potato crop and despairs. With a delicate wife and their unborn child, he has no choice but to leave Ireland and set out for England in search of work. But from the moment Patrick and Mary set foot in Liverpool,...
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The son of a Yorkshire coal miner seeks a new life with the British Army in the second novel of this historical family saga.
Born and raised in Yorkshire, England, Probyn Kilmaster wants more out of life than to follow his father down the pit. He has always admired his convention-defying Aunt Kit and, inspired by her, runs away to join the army. Though he is eager to see the world, war is brewing in South Africa, and his first foreign posting is unlike...
10) Jorvik
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A thrilling tale of love, war and one man's quest to reclaim his home – the great Viking city of Jorvik
Born into a massacre, Viking Sigurd Einarsson is brought up in exile in Norway, filled with a consuming hatred for King Ethelred who butchered his father and siblings. He swears that never again will a descendant of Ethelred wear the English crown.
On a raid into Ireland he captures the enigmatic Una, and besotted, plans to marry her. But his...
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A soldier's love of regiment; a nurse's devotion to humanity… the final instalment of Sheelagh Kelly's unforgettable Kilmaster trilogy
The Great War is at its height, and while Probyn Kilmaster is proud to pass on his expertise to the raw recruits bound for France, he is unprepared for the carnage which he must lead them into.
Meanwhile in the Yorkshire pit village of Denaby Main, his wife, Grace, contends with bringing up their children alone....