The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken - ISBN: 9781035065325
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Brothers divided, a nation ablaze: Ireland’s fight for freedom ignites.

The Scorching Wind

The Final Instalment of the Ambitious and Enthralling Irish Trilogy

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    28 October 2025

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Summary

1916, Dublin. Loyalties are strained and tension is rife during the Easter Rebellion and the bitter years that follow. These are the early years of Sinn Féin; the time of dreaded, terrible deeds. Through the diverging lives of two young brothers, the agony of Ireland during this harrowing period is brought to life.

The Scorching Wind is the final instalment of Walter Macken’s ambitious and enthralling Irish Trilogy.

‘The long tale of terror and bravery, the arrests, the burnin…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035065325
ISBN-10:1035065320
Author:Walter Macken
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Pan Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:28 October 2025
Weight:224g
Dimensions:198mm x 131mm x 21mm
Series:Irish Trilogy
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Critics Review

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 *

About The Author

Walter Macken

Walter Macken was born in Galway in 1915. He 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 Brendan Behan’s The Quare Fellow. He is perhaps best-known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels Seek the Fair Land, The Silent People and The Scorching Wind. He passed away in 1967.

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