Trinity
Leon Uris s beloved Irish classic, available in Avon mass market From the acclaimed author who enthralled the world with Exodus, Battle Cry, QB VII, Topaz, and other beloved classics of twentieth century fiction comes a sweeping and powerful epic adventure that captures the terrible beauty of Ireland during its long and bloody struggle for freedom It is the electrifying story of an idealistic young Catholic rebel and the valiant and beautiful Protestant girl who defied her heritage to join his cause It is a tale of love and danger, of triumph at an unthinkable cost a magnificent portrait of a people divided by class, faith, and prejudice an unforgettable saga of the fires that devastated a majestic land and the unquenchable flames that burn in the human heart. Best Download Kindle ePUB Trinity Author Leon Uris – kino-fada.fr Jedna od meni najdrazih knjiga o Irskoj a Leon Uris je jedan od deset meni najdrazih engleskih americkih pisaca imala sam cast da pre nekoliko godina u Londonu budem pozvana na veceru s njegovom nekadasnjom agentkinjom i prijateljicom i s njom podelim svoj...This is one of the select few on my bookshelves that I ve bothered to readthan once quite a feat, as the book is roughly 800 pages or so and has got to be one of my top five, if not my absolute favorite book of all time This is the first Uris book I read, and I became an instant fan Leon Uris is a masterful story teller who irrevokably draws you in to his tales, and this one is about 19th century Ireland in which several decades of Irish history are woven into the stories of three fami This is one of the select few on my bookshelves that I ve bothered to readthan once quite a feat, as the book is roughly 800 pages or so and has got to be one of my top five, if not my absolute favorite book of all time This is the first Uris book I read, and I became an instant fan Leon Uris is a masterful story teller who irrevokably draws you in to his tales, and this one is about 19th century Ireland in which several decades of Irish history are woven into the stories of three families seamlessly The only minor negative I can think of is that the story is a bit one sided, but as you read, you find yourself believing that the rebels cause is a righteous one Action, drama, suspense, romance, history, this book has a bit of everything I m also not one to get all that emotional when reading books, but the last chapter Oh my Keep the kl...I loved this book and have read probably six times Great love story and great historical fiction at the same time The first review on Goodreads really panned this book and all of Leon Uris books in general do NOT believe that review or his comments about other Uris books, in particular Exodus This person s comments were basically that the situation was presented one sided, without any shades of gray, and the book was littlethan propaganda.I disagree with that assessment, but also wan I loved this book and have read probably six times Great love story and great historical fiction at the same time The first review on Goodreads really panned this book and all of Leon Uris books in ...In all of Leon Uris s books, the schema is very simple There are good guys, and there are bad guys, and nowhere is there room for even a shade of ambiguity This kind of cartoonish view of the world leads to books which might be better classified as propaganda than as historical fiction.This was certainly the case for Exodus , which amounted to thinly disguised propaganda Armageddon , dealing with the Berlin airlift, also tended toward crude good guy bad guy categorizations, but didn t bot In all of Leon Uris s books, the schema is very simple There are good guys, and there are bad guys, and nowhere is there room for even a shade of ambiguity This kind of cartoonish view of the world leads to books which might be better classified as propaganda than as historical fiction.This was certainly the case for Exodus , which amounted to thinly disguised propaganda Armageddon , dealing with the Berlin airlift, also tended toward crude good guy bad guy categorizations, but didn t bother me quite as much However, I found Uris s heavyhanded, reductionist approach to writing about the situation in my own country supremely offensive from start to finish In addition to grossly oversimplif...This book was a very hard read at times filled with so little hope, but I learned so much I knew very little about the Protestant Catholic struggle in Ireland in the late 1800 s and early 1900 s Another tragic time in history where ignorance caused hatred fueled by religious fervor One of my favorite quotes came from my favorite character in the book, Conor Larkin He is an Irish Catholic rebel who spends his life fighting for his implausible cause..They sat across from one an...When I first read this book over twenty years ago, I knew very little of the history of the Home Rule conflict between Ireland and England, and found it to be a moving and often shocking history lesson.Reading it this time, I found that even though I remembered many of the main events, the book had lost none of its impact, and I quickly became immersed once again in this powerful story.It s difficult not to become...Having come to Trinity after a break of some twenty years since reading the Uris classics Exodus, Mila 18 and Armageddon, it was a very pleasant surprise to be able to discover that old zest for life, that lusty undercurrent which marks his work and fills it with an unmistakable energy At the same time, Trinity enabled me to discover something about my own Irish background, and put the perspective of history into a new position for me altogether In fact, so tainted were we, some of u Having come to Trinity after a break of some twenty years since reading the Uris classics Exodus, Mila 18 and Armageddon, it was a very pleasant surprise to be able to discover that old zest for life, that lusty undercurrent which marks his work and fills it with an unmistakable energy At the same time, Trinity enabled me to discover some...Let s begin by stipulating that Uris is a pulp fiction writer and should be read and reviewed on those terms There s absolutely nothing wrong with pulp fiction it s a great and wonderful genre full of entertainment value With Uris books the formula is pretty simple Our hero is noble, well read, and self sacrificing He s closed himself off, but is waiting for the right woman The right woman is also noble and self sacrificing, but strong willed and beautiful He sets these folks down in th Let s begin by stipulating that Uris is a pulp fiction writer and should be read and reviewed on those terms There s absolutely nothing wrong with pulp fiction it s a great and wonderful genre full of entertainment value With Uris books the formula is pretty simple Our hero is noble, well read, and self sacrificing He s closed himself off, but is waiting for the right woman The right woman is also noble and self sacrificing, but strong willed and beautiful He sets these folks down in the middle of some big historical conflict...I don t know how I forgot to record this bookI just found it in my garage, one of the few that escaped garage sales or Goodwill I keep it around hoping to one day re read it I recall running late for work, or returning from lunch, during the time that I read this book because I simply had to wrench myself away from the story often making a bathroom stop to dry my eyes and reapply mascara My dull review could never do it justice It s a story about a family in Ireland, following their liv I don t know how I forgot to record this bookI just found it in my garage, one of the few that escaped garage sales or Goodwill I keep it around hoping to one day re read it I recall running late for work, or returning from lunch, during the time that I read this book because I simply had to wrench myself away from the story often making a bathroom stop to dry my eyes and reapply mascara My dull review could never do it justice It s a story about a family in Ireland, following their lives through 3 generations The day to day lives of the family is intertwined with the decades of cultural, political turmoil, famine and incredible violence and hatred between the Protestants and Catholics that evolved through British occupation and colonialism I ve always been drawn to everything Irish, but the way the story unfolds, by focusing on one family, through generations, sucks the reader in on such a personal level that you feel as if you ve lived the modern history...In Trinity, Leon Uris takes history apart and allows readers to look beyond events as taught So that we might truly understand what history feels like.Important, when we study or talk of our past history Before my Nan passed away, I would walk into the kitchen she would lie back in her chair, mumbling poetry to herself of the black and tans, of the famine She mumbles because it s a tale, not a story It was my history, her history, a peoples history That I stop to listen to her tal In Trinity, Leon Uris takes history apart and allows readers to look beyond events as taught So that we might truly understand what history feels like.Important, when we study or talk of our past history Before my Nan passed away, I would walk into the kitchen she would lie back in her chair, mumbling poetry to herself of the black and tans, of the famine She mumbles because it s a tale, not a story It was my history, her history, a peoples history That I stop to listen to her tale is not important, its told with indifferen...
- 08 April 2017 Leon Uris
- Paperback
- 912 pages
- 0060827882
- Leon Uris
- Trinity