A Stand-Alone Novel - also Book One of The Macquarie Series“Fabulous and heartbreaking … fresh and authentic in every detail … it has to be the best book I have read about the British in India since M. M. Kaye's "The Far Pavilions" – Dr Aileen Keegan.A complete stand-alone novel - and also the first in "The Jarvisfield Trilogy".Set in the beauty of Scotland, the magic of India, and the hostility of China, peopled with memorable characters of all races, By Eastern Windows is the story of a young British soldier, Lachlan Macquarie, posted to India where he meets Jane Jarvis, a young girl from the Caribbean – beautiful, different and exciting – who becomes the greatest love, and the greatest tragedy, of his life.It is also the story of the young men who travelled with him, far from home, serving their King in a country they came to love, while coping with the complex differences between East and West.
AN EPIC NOVEL FROM IRELAND'S PAST.A complete and stand-alone novel, as well being part of "The Liberty Trilogy".The continuing story of Michael Dwyer, which began in book one, Fire on the Hill. *They thought they had killed him – on the same winter night his friend Sam McAllister had been shot dead on the hillside of Derrynamuck – they had chased Michael and seen a trail of his blood in the snow. Oh yes, the young rebel captain was dead and gone, and would cause no further trouble to them – the hated militia who raped and burned houses at will and treated the people of Wicklow like some dirt that kept getting under their boots.Desperate for his protection from the militia's brutality, only the people refused to believe that Michael Dwyer was dead. To them he was like a prince – `aye, a prince, same as a king's son' – and if Michael had been killed, all his friends would have been in mourning, but they were not. Too many times they had seen the small, secret smiles of Michael's friends when the militia gloated over his death.And then there was Mary – his beautiful Mary who had adored him – why was she not looking in any way heart-broken? Why was she just carrying on with her life as normal? No, the people concluded, Michael was not dead – injured maybe, a whole lot of bullets had flown towards him that night at Derrynamuck – but he had been dodging bullets for years and not one had ever reached him. No, only the stupid militia would believe that Michael had been defeated – the whole dumb pack of them.
Lord Byron, the "Idol Poet" of his time living amongst the richest people of the highest strata of London Society, being fallen over by its glamorous women in a story full of humour, drama and colourful people from the Regency era, including Beau Brummell, the courtesan Harriette Wilson and so many others - all mad and bad and delightful to know.
Byron only had to come, and to be seen, in order to conquer." At twenty-seven, Lady Caroline Lamb reads the story of a young aristocrat's strange journey through unknown and barbaric parts of Europe in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and declares her opinion that the author would certainly be "mad, bad, and dangerous to know." A few weeks later she actually meets him, and becomes obsessed to the point of erotomania. From the wilds of Albania to a life of luxury as one of the beau monde in Regency London, George Gordon Lord Byron is astounded at the burst of fame that engulfs him on the publication of Childe Harold. "I awoke one morning and found myself famous." Meticulously researched, and adapted into novel form, 'A Strange World' is a vivid and truthful portrait of the most iconic young man of his time, and Britain's first superstar.
BROWNE HAS A TALENT FOR DRAWING US INTO HER CHARACTERS AND SITUATIONS" - Irish News Set in the mid 19th century, on the beautiful Island of Mull, the largest of Scotland’s Western Isles, on the estate of Jarvisfield owned by Lachlan Macquarie Jnr – a young man deeply unhappy with his lot in life. In love with Beth Jarvis – the young girl of mixed blood whom he had believed would be not be accepted in Scotland’s high society, leading him to marry someone else, now much to his regret. Beth – the daughter of George Jarvis, who has thoughts of no other man but John Dewar, the young naval officer who loved her and left her. John Dewar – a young lieutenant serving in the Royal Navy’s “West Africa Squadron” patrolling the coast of Sierra Leone to prevent privateers transporting captured African slaves in the hold of their ships. A beautifully told dramatic and moving story of a young couple in love, and a young couple in hate, and the people around them who observe it all. Based on the true story of the Macquarie, Jarvis and Dewar families: THE WAYWARD SON is a complete stand-alone novel in its own right, and is also the fourth and concluding book in the ‘Macquarie Series.’
TV DRAMA MINI-SERIES TIE-IN A WOMAN BETRAYED, A WOMAN ENRAGED .... "Browne has a talent for drawing us into her characters and situations." IRISH NEWS Maureen Lessing, a middle-aged Irish woman, has been living in a comfortable suburb of Düsseldorf for ten years. Happily married with two teenage children, she works in the hospital of NATO headquarters and her life is good, until the sudden death of her husband brings to light the awful truth of his "business trips." Shocked and enraged by his betrayal, Maureen travels back to Ireland to confront the truth of her husband's secret life. Gripping, tense and moving, Relative Strangers is now a German/Irish co-production (Tatfilm/Littlebird) four-part television series starring Oscar-winning actress Brenda Fricker.
A mixture of the Arabic blood of her father, and the English blood of her mother, Elizabeth (Beth) Jarvis grows up on the estate of Jarvisfield in Scotland. A dark-haired, dark-eyed girl of uncommon beauty who enslaves the hearts of two young men, while loving only one. Lachlan Macquarie Junior, rich and golden, and the heir to his famous father’s estate, is the joy of his mother’s heart, until she finally realises that the only man her son is capable of respecting, and the only one who can control him, is Beth’s father, George Jarvis. Based on the true-life stories of the Macquarie, Jarvis and Dewar families, and set in the natural beauty of the Island of Mull, JARVISFIELD is a stand-alone novel in its own right, and the third book in The Macquarie Series.
NEW EDITION A STUNNING LOVE STORY OF PURE INNOCENCE AND SENSUAL PASSION. "This is a real page-turner." IRISH NEWS 'A fast-paced tale involving vast sums of money, immense power, women both wounded and wounding ... an excellent book.' IE BOOK REVIEW 'Part love story, part thriller, it's hard to resist turning the pages.' BELFAST TELEGRAPH 'Once started the reader will find it very hard to put down.' SOUTHSIDE NEWS Now a young woman, Marian Barnard is an orphan in search of her true identity. She meets a handsome young American who becomes the love of her life - unaware that waiting for her is his mother's cold callousness, and a twist of fate that is beyond cruel. Set primarily in London and Massachusetts in the 1960s, THE ENGLISH GIRL is graphically honest in its portrayal of both overwhelming passion and deep hatred. A love story you will never forget, leading to a vengeance you will understand.
As the years go on, Marian's 16 year old son decides to wait before he sets out to extract vengeance on anyone who hurt or downed her, displaying the same determination and ruthlessness as his French grandmother, Jacqueline Castineau. On a visit to Stockholm, he meets the beautiful enigmatic Rena Olsson, who captures and softens his heart.
NEW EDITION In Massachussetts, twenty years after the death of her beloved son, Marc, Jacqueline Castineau Gaines gets the shock of her life when his son arrives at her door ... Marc's son, whose birth she had never been told about ... her joy is uncontainable ... until she realises that he has not searched and found her just to play the happy role of her grandson. In New York, Phil finds Jimmy Overman, his father's best friend, a Vietnam veteran so maimed by the war, and so struck by Phil's physical likeness to Marc, he believes his friend has come back to him, alive. In Stockholom, Phil finds Rena Olsson, a young nurse, and the beautiful girl of his dreams, who is living with a painful secret. But back in London, there is one other person Phil is determined to find, and destroy, and like his grandmother Jacqueline Castineau, Phil is ruthless in his quest. "A brilliant storyteller, Gretta Curran Browne weaves an intricate multicoloured fabric, both subtle and vibrant, which defies the reader to close the book before all of its truths have finally been revealed." - Emer Ryan, Wolfhound Press.
FINALIST IN 'READERS' FAVORITE BOOK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING FICTION' "It will be hard to resist turning the pages." -- TELEGRAPH ALL BECAUSE OF HER is a deeply touching romantic suspense novel. If you like sweeping family sagas, emotional ups and downs, and tenacious casts of characters, then you'll love this multi-generation epic.
A blonde Irish woman sits in an ice-cream parlour on Le Loi Street singing, a crowd of Vietnamese street children around her, their eyes riveted on her smiling face... Christina Noble knows the pain and loneliness of being left outside the door - of having no door of one's own to walk through, for she was once a street-child herself, alone on the streets of Dublin. When she told the story of her early life in her bestselling autobiography Bridge Across My Sorrows she had no idea that it would prove a catalyst for so many others who had suffered childhood pain and rejection, or that it would inspire them to take the first courageous steps towards self-acceptance and their own self-healing. In 1989, driven by a dream and by the memory of her own past, she travelled 6,000 miles to Vietnam, a country of great beauty where war has left a terrible legacy. Against extraordinary odds she opened the Christina Noble Children's Foundation, a haven of food, beds, medical aid and schooling where the street children of Saigon can find safety and new beginnings under the protection of 'Mama Tina'. In this vivid and moving book Christina's compelling story continues with the amazing tale of what she and her Foundation have achieved. She takes us from the streets of Saigon to the Children's Prisons of Mongolia. A staunch campaigner for children's rights, for her there are no frontiers, only a world filled with children reaching out. Finally she returns to Dublin, where the former street orphan is officially and proudly greeted by the President of Ireland herself.
A Stand-Alone Novel - also Book One of The Macquarie Series "Fabulous and heartbreaking ... fresh and authentic in every detail ... it has to be the best book I have read about the British in India since M. M. Kaye's "The Far Pavilions" - Dr Aileen Keegan. Set in the beauty of Scotland, the magic of India, and the hostility of China, peopled with memorable characters of all races, By Eastern Windows is the story of a young British soldier, Lachlan Macquarie, posted to India where he meets Jane Jarvis, a young girl from the Caribbean - beautiful, different and exciting - who becomes the greatest love, and the greatest tragedy, of his life. It is also the story of the young men who travelled with him, far from home, serving their King in a country they came to love, while coping with the complex differences between East and West.
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