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Authors: Christopher Bland

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C
HRISTOPHER
B
LAND
is a former Chairman of the BBC, BT and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is Anglo-Irish and married with a son and four stepchildren. This is his first novel.

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The story starts here.

First published in the UK in 2014 by Head of Zeus Ltd

Copyright © Christopher Bland, 2014

The moral right of Christopher Bland to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN (E) 9781781859322

ISBN (HB) 9781781859339

ISBN (XTPB) 9781781859346

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Contents

Cover

Welcome Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Preface

Part I
:
Ireland
:
1908–1924

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Part II:
England and Ireland:
1924–1936

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Part III:
Spain, Ireland and Greece
:
1936–1969

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Part IV:
Northumberland and Ireland:
1993 and beyond

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Acknowledgements

About this Book

Reviews

About the Author

An Invitation from the Publisher

Copyright

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