The Rising of the Moon

I've had this book for several years and have tried to read it a few times now. I always stopped...not because I didn't like the book, but because I just lost interest in reading all together at those times. I'm glad I decided to pick it up again. It was a great and very interesting read. If you're......more

This is a historical fiction novel. In this one, the time setting is around World War I. This tells the story of an Irishman who comes to Boston in search for guns for an uprising. He quickly involves his extended family in this uprising and this uprising will eventually be known as the Easter Risin......more

As usual, a well written William Martin Novel. In the late 1800's, a man named Jack Tracy stops three men who are plotting to kill Queen Victoria. Two of the conspirators are killed after Jack is Shot, but he does not kill them, the third was Jack's nephew and he, on the advice of his uncle, fled. J......more

William Martin has done it again for me. This is an old book (published in 1987) but his novels captivate my imagination and it is hard to put them down. This book takes place in 1916 in Boston, with the Irsh-Americans, the politics of the day, and a young man called Tom Tracey, whose mother left Ir......more

Once again, enjoyable fiction. The Easter Sunday Rising in Ireland. I learned something. Not much changes in politics the fight for freedom.......more