Category - Fiction / Historical Fiction
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 6 months ago
Views - 3
Ships From - Indiana
Est. Publication Date - Nov 1997
Seller Description
From Book 1: Ireland, 1830s. It was a time when English landlords held power over Irish tenant farmers and seeds of bitterness were sown that would last for generations. In an endeavor to eliminate all influences of Irish heritage, the English forced an intellectual and spiritual bondage on Ireland as well as a bitter physical bondage of servitude. Freedom had become so rare that the Irish coined a saying, "In Ireland only the rivers run free." Yet one poor, befuddled old woman speaks of freedom, truth, and hope. Mad Molly Fahey promises the priest and villages that a miracle is on its way. When a stranger crosses the river and enters the Irish village of Ballynockanor on Christmas Eve, Mad Molly Fahey proclaims that he is the herald of freedom and change **Thoene Books: Discovering Truth through Fiction**
Additional Information
Only the River Runs Free: Galway Chronicles, Book 1
ISBN: 9780785280675
Publisher Description
Only the River Runs Free is an action-packed story of Ireland in the 1830's and 40's. It was a time when English landlords held power over Irish tenant farmers and seeds of bitterness were sown that w...
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