Across the bitter sea
By: (by) Eilís Dillon.
Publisher: Coronet; Fawcett Crest; Simon & Schuster
Published: 1975, 1974, 1973
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
Subjects: Fiction in English.; 19th century Ireland; Irish famine; family saga
Genres: Historical fiction
Description: This is the novel of Ireland in the tumultuous years from the mid-19th-century famine to the Easter Rebellion.  The Irish peasants were scraping the earth to stay alive, when Alice found herself thrown into a world of plenty through her marriage to the wealthy landowner, Samuel Flaherty.  She grew to love her husband for his fairness and gentility.  She grew to understand the need for peace.  But Alice never outgrew her passion for Morgan, the patriot who was ready to fight for all he loved.
Notes: Originally published, New York , Simon and Schuster, 1973 ; London , Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.