Supply of Heroes
A Novel

Name: Supply of Heroes
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: James Carroll
ISBN: 9798200878253

Author: James Carroll

Narrator: John Lescault

Unabridged: 14 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 10/25/2022

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

A passionate historical epic of love and war from the author of the National Book Award–winning An American Requiem and the classic bestseller Constantine’s SwordAt the height of World War I, Douglas Terrell, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, leaves Ireland and his family to fight in the English Army against the Germans. Pamela, his beautiful English wife, driven by her own fierce loyalty, defies her people as well as the Crown itself while Jane, his sister, meets a revolutionary who is determined to fight for Irish independence—even if it means siding with the Germans against the English.The knotted alliances and conflicting loyalties of this Anglo-Irish family meet their ultimate test during the Easter Rebellion of 1916 and demonstrate how trying to act honorably can be fraught with heartbreak and disappointment—yet offers the only way to live.

About James Carroll

James Carroll is the author of twelve novels, most recently The Cloister, and nine works of nonfiction. For twenty-three years he published a weekly op-ed column in the Boston Globe. Other books include the National Book Award–winning An American Requiem; the New York Times bestselling Constantine’s Sword, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; House of War, winner of the PEN/Galbraith Award; and Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Carroll is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and an associate of the Mahindras Humanities Center at Harvard University. He lives in Boston with his wife, the writer Alexandra Marshall. Visit him at www.JamesCarroll.net.

About John Lescault

Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Todd on April 04, 2023

Brilliant......more

Goodreads review by Roxanne on April 27, 2023

For those who love to read about World War I and its heros. Not my usual genre, but the well-researched story covers what the Irish experience was during the war. I won a copy on Goodreads.......more

Goodreads review by Joe on August 03, 2018

The plot seemed to move a bit more slowly than some of the others of his I’ve read. His placement of the story in World War I helped me to better understand the awful carnage that took place during that war. What a colossal waste.......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on December 23, 2008

I liked the historical fiction and description of the no-man's land between the trenches. I didn't like the love story.......more

Quotes

“Rare…A magnificent achievement…James Carroll dazzles.” Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides