An Excess of Love

By Cathy Cash Spellman

Book Overview

Three great love stories and the heartrending saga of two sisters devoted to each other and to Ireland, An Excess of Love brings the 1916 Easter Rising to vivid life. If you've ever longed for a deeper understanding of the Irish passion for freedom, this book will touch your heart and soul.The turbulence of the early 20th Century sweeps two aristocratic sisters into the maelstrom of Ireland's bitter fight for freedom from the British Empire. Fired by defiant dreams, Con and Beth leave their pampered lives behind to follow their men, their Cause, and their dreams, into a revolution.Con, passionate and headstrong, denies her birthright and becomes a legend... Beth defies tradition to follow her heart, but pays an unbearable price for it. Tierney and Seaneen, the strong men who love these women, raise a storm of Rebellion, they can't control. Follow them all into a future that demands sacrifice, daring and an excess of love, in a book that the New York Daily News called "Riveting " and about which Romantic Times said, "This exceptionally touching, moving novel... wrenches the heart strings."If Ireland, historical romance, the love of a sibling - or all three - are near and dear to your heart, this is a book you'll cherish forever.Washington Post: "A lushly written saga of love and rebellion and Civil War."The New York Daily News: "Riveting A cast of rich characters that do honor to the novel's rich material."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615547761
• ISBN13: 9780615547763
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Wild Harp & Company Inc.
• Length: 642 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

disappointed!!

I received my book today . And I noticed that the first 32 pages are missing!!

An Excess of Love

I read this book just after I had finished an Irish Studies course at my local college. I was surprised and delighted at the imaginative and accurate way that Cathy C S had managed to intertwine historical fact with romantic fiction. I could not put this book down and it is my favourite of hers. I think it is an excellent book to read if you have an interest in Irish history particularly regarding the build-up to the 1916 Uprising which was a catalyst for modern Ireland. Given the beautiful romantic circumstances surrounding the story, including tremendous similarities between the authors romantic characters and the various authors, revolutionaries, artists and poets of that time; including W.B./ Yeats and what happened to them and the significance of that time,I think this is one of the best books I have ever read.

Superb

From the very first line, this book grabs you and it does not let go until the last page! It is a well written, historically accurate account of the events leading up to the Easter rising of 1916. In it the reader encounters actual prominent historical figures such as Michael Collins. The story involves two sisters, their love for one another, their love for their nation, and their love for the men in their lives. It is romantic, sad, funny,tragic...in a nut shell, all the things that make for great reading. I highly recommend it.

It's a story that makes you laugh as well as cry

This story is about Ireland and some people in that country, some of the people has been alive and some are fake but the story is about reality when it comes to how we like to make our lifes wearth living. Love and hate for a country and people... It's the year 1916.... A year that ment a lot to many people and this books make those happenings very real to you as well. A story that will make U miss the people when the books is finished and a book that are one of the best written storyes I ever reed. Sorry about the spelling -but do read this book!!