The Scorching Wind
The Irish Trilogy, Book Three
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The epic conclusion to Walter Macken's acclaimed Irish Trilogy, which examines the history and events that fueled the fight for freedom in Ireland through the lens of one Irish family across several generations.
The Scorching Wind is a vivid and memorable novel set in Dublin, 1916, during the Easter Rebellion and the bitter years that followed. Through the diverging lives of two young brothers, the agony of Ireland during these harrowing times is witnessed.
It is the time of the Sinn Féin, of the dreaded Tans, of terrible deeds and of loyalties strained to breaking point and beyond.
About this Author
Born in Galway, Walter Macken (1915-1967) was a writer of short stories, novels, and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and the Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation of The Quare Fellow. Walter is perhaps best-known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels Seek the Fair Land, The Silent People, and The Scorching Wind.
Reviews
"Told with pity and poetry and an impartiality almost unnatural in an Irishman writing of those seven desperate years" --Catholic Herald
"The long tale of terror and bravery, the arrests, the burnings, the ambushes, the reprisals is told with the deftness of a professional storyteller" --Irish Press
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