Star of the Sea: THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
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Rediscover Joseph O’Connor’s monumental #1 international bestseller.
In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York.
On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist and a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know.
But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.
‘A triumph…A spectacular breakthrough’ Sunday Times
‘Ireland’s most brilliant storyteller’ Independent on Sunday
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Additional information
| Publisher | Vintage Digital (11 Jan. 2011) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 37452 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 437 pages |
by Bryan Conlon
Despite all the hype surrounding this book, I stopped reading it half way through.
by Kindle Customer
Love this author. Amazing read.
by Joan Bannister
Thoroughly enjoyed this book!Just the kind of book that I love,was sad when I finished it!
by Andy Berry
This is the first of this author’s books that I have read,I’m definitely going to be getting more. The novel is very well written and displays so much humanity. The plight of the poorest in society who are left to starve and treated with disdain by the idle rich for whom profit outweighs any duty towards fellow humans is a direct parallel with life in the UK today. I can’t recommend highly enough,one of the best books I have read.
by Jenny Wren
Difficult to empathise with any of the 2D characters. Intentions were admirable but the read , depressing.
by jane dhonau
Despite the frequent changes of narrator which was a bit interrupting to the plot, this is still a very good read. It was much less concerned with the Irish potato famine than I expected and more upon its dire results on the lives and fortunes of the main characters. Well written and full of allusions to real events and personalities as in other books by Joseph O’Connor, “Star of the Sea” is perhaps slightly over long though never boring. There are plenty of horrific moments which make one wonder whether escaping from the potato famine was possibly worse than remaining in Galway. Neither would be recommended in this tale.
by essex man
This is a good story and the ‘diary entry’ structure is a highly suitable vehicle for telling it. There are some good characters in it too. For me, though, it was rather spoiled by the self-consciously ‘literary’ style employed by the author. Too much of the book is devoted to O’Connor ‘s desperate desire for the reader to be in awe of all the research he has done. The ‘history’ on show is increasingly intrusive and ultimately trying.
by Lauren
An amazing read, i have come to believe every word the narrator gives me, even when he expresses doubt our times and desperations which made me cry.
Throughout i needed to know what happens, where the characters would end up, why they travelled to America and if they’d survive the journey. On the other hand, it is at times, a painful read into the human and the slaves of the Irish famine, and at which point, i honestly did not wish to read but was over come by the need to know if the characters welfare.
In short, read it; but be aware this is the Irish famine and there’s no such thing as the good guys or bad ones, only those less desperate than others. That, and it all comes together at the end so you really have to finish once you’ve begun.