Out Of Ireland (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st aus ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
A work of historical fiction steeped in the turbulent spirit of nineteenth-century Ireland and colonial Australia, Out of Ireland chronicles the journey of Robert Devereux, a young Irish rebel transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) following the failed 1798 United Irishmen uprising. Koch masterfully illustrates the brutal realities of convict life, the aching longing for a lost homeland, and the complex moral landscape of a society built on forced labor and colonial ambition. Written with lyrical intensity and a deep sense of historical authenticity, the narrative uncovers the psychological toll of exile and the enduring human hunger for freedom and identity. Koch draws on meticulous research to present a richly textured portrait of two worlds — one dying, one being born — bound together by suffering, hope, and the inescapable weight of history.
Author: Christopher Koch
Format: Hardback
Published: 1999, Doubleday
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 1st aus ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
A work of historical fiction steeped in the turbulent spirit of nineteenth-century Ireland and colonial Australia, Out of Ireland chronicles the journey of Robert Devereux, a young Irish rebel transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) following the failed 1798 United Irishmen uprising. Koch masterfully illustrates the brutal realities of convict life, the aching longing for a lost homeland, and the complex moral landscape of a society built on forced labor and colonial ambition. Written with lyrical intensity and a deep sense of historical authenticity, the narrative uncovers the psychological toll of exile and the enduring human hunger for freedom and identity. Koch draws on meticulous research to present a richly textured portrait of two worlds — one dying, one being born — bound together by suffering, hope, and the inescapable weight of history.