Reviews
“The politics and factionalism behind the Rising are a tangled web indeed, but Llywelyn unravels them skillfully. Even those who know the story well will be surprised and rewarded by the way she brings back to life a group of brave men who went nobly to their deaths.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Llywelyn’s strength as a writer is to be found…in her ability to follow a course, sewing it seamlessly into what must have been a daunting array of historical notes.…She weaves the tapestry of her story with intelligence and skill, and gives us access to a period when the bullets flew and patriots gave their lives for the ideal of freedom, not knowing that from the ashes of their martyrdom ‘the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland’ would be acknowledged, and an Irish Republic would be born.” —San Diego Union-Tribune
