- Paperback: 832 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New edition edition (2 Dec 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006498957
- ISBN-13: 978-0006498957
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 41,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Trinity was one of the most widely read, beloved novels of our time. Now the epic drama moves into Ireland's most heroic period from the Easter Rising of 1916, when the long-frustrated Irish people exploded into open defiance, through the Black and Tan era and the civil war in the mid-1920s, Against this dramatic backdrop, Uris weaves together the characters we came to know so well in Trinity: Liam Larkin, the middle brother who was forced to emigrate from Ireland to New Zealand in 1885; Atty Fitzpatrick, Conor's last lover and a leading republican; and Liam's son, Rory Larkin, the novel's centerpiece. Like its predecessor, Redemption is a monumental novel about the most powerful aspiration of man -- freedom.
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As begun in the bestseller 'Trinity', Leon Uris continues his mighty epic of love and loss in Ireland’s journey towards independence.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of increased unrest in Ireland and a world about to be pitched headlong into the nightmare of the First World War, 'Redemption' follows the stirring fates of three great families – the Larkins, the Weed-Hubble clan and the Fitzpatricks – whose passions, battles and loves are intimately tied to the history of Ireland herself.
The narrative ranges powerfully from the majestic mountains of New Zealand to the shipyards of Belfast, the deserts of Egypt and the disaster of Gallipoli, climaxing in a dangerously unpredictable Ireland and the Easter Uprising of 1916.
'Redemption' is a magnificent novel from one of the greatest storytellers of our time.
“Uris is a master at weaving historical fact and fiction”
LIFE
“'Redemption' rivals the best of his earlier work. Few writers who have tackled the Troubles have exhibited the scope or the … skills Uris demonstrates here.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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If the earth were flat, New Zealand would have fallen off it a long time ago, it's that far from Ireland. Read the first page
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Whenever I think of a Leon Uris novel, I think of big themes, large-scale action, a global perspective, and Tolstoy-like interweavings of characters. Redemption has them all.
Those who believe in the redeeming qualities of love and seeking forgiveness will be delighted with this book. It explores those themes in a grand fashion.
Most of those who read the book will agree that the descriptions of the now little-remembered Gallipoli campaign by the British against the Turks and Germans in World War I will be permanently etched in their memories as great war (and anti war) writing.
Those who would like to know more about the development of freedom in Ireland will probably be a bit disappointed. The plot heavily veers away from that subject (although it is always present as a backdrop) for much of the book.
The characters are not always as appealing as are required for a great novel. You will simply want to shake them and tell them to do what is right in many cases. I have never read a book that contains so many people who are stubborn about making their lives and those around them miserable.
The book would have been improved by either a somewhat simpler plot or more editing to shorten its length.
After you have finished reading the book, I suggest that you think about whether there is someone you love who you have not yet told. In this month of Valentine's Day, it would be a good time to overcome that reticence . . . that was so harmful to the characters in Redemption.
Live with love in your heart!
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Followning on from Trinity, itself a great book which captured the mood of the period and the factions involved (despite the fairly constant preoccupation with sex between the characters), this tome goes downhill very rapidly. Along with delving minutely into the histories of formerly fairly unimportant characters, it sets about reinventing the history as set out in Trinity in an intensely irritating way. Suddenly, it transpires that Conor visited the home of the Hubbles when merely a child apprentice and had the same argument with Caroline Hubble that he had when an adult, and so on. The part describing Galipoli and the slaughter there is slightly better, but the constant 'central' role in events played by Rory Larkin and his matiness with the Hubble brothers, both of them mind, only serves to annoy. I have not even begun to describe the historical inaccuracies concerning Ulster (as it then existed) which are so manifold as to be impossible even to summarise.
His role when he eventually gets to Ireland is nothing less than risible and the account of Winston Churchill (a huge supporter of the Black & Tans) covering up Caroline's involvment with the IRB is so pathetic as to make the sacrificial burning of the book hard to resist.
Let us not forget the constant preoccupation of almost all of the characters with coupling, either indulging in it or considering it. I thnk there is rarely a page where it is not dealt with...
Considering his past books which although not terribly inventive, have been captivating reads, this appears to be terribly contrived, publisher demanded tripe. Read it at the peril of your mind.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Leon Uris never fails to provide his readers with action packed drama. This is the conclusion to the story of the Larkin family, Irish patriots determined to see Ireland independent of British Rule. Uris shows us the fight the Irish had to achieve this goal and we are also treated to graphic scenes from Gallipoli where our protagonist Rory Larkin spends his war. Liam Larkin left Ireland as a young man and settled in New Zealand where he made a success of being a farmer. His eldest son, however, looks to Ireland and his uncle Conor, a hero of the fight for freedom. After Rory survives World War I he continues his journey to Ireland where he joins the fight. This is not just a story of the Irish struggle, Uris takes us from New Zealand to Ireland via Cairo and Gallipoli. As usual there is a taint of prejudice in Uris' writing this time against the English, but it is fair criticism.
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Redemption
I read Trinity a while back for the 2nd time and been Irish it still caused me to have a nationlistic stirring. I was told of Redemption by another friend so i decided to try it. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2009 by Sohare
A global story against the backdrop of revolution and the first world...
This is the sequel to Trinity and builds on the families and characters introduced in that novel, but this story stands on its own and surpasses the former. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2008 by John Holland
Powerful Highlights Scattered on a Global Tapestry
Whenever I think of a Leon Uris novel, I think of big themes, large-scale action, a global perspective, and Tolstoy-like interweavings of characters. Read more
Published on 13 May 2004 by Donald Mitchell
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