Ireland: Awakening

Ireland: Awakening (US title: The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)

First edition cover
Author	Edward Rutherfurd
Language	English
Series	The Dublin Saga
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Century Hutchinson
Publication date	2 March 2006
Publication place	England
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	896 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	978-1-84413-794-7 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC	62479060
Preceded by	Dublin: Foundation

Ireland: Awakening (2006) (also known in North America as The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga) is a novel by Edward Rutherfurd first published in 2006 by Century Hutchinson. It concludes the two-part series known as The Dublin Saga .

Plot summary

This sequel to Dublin: Foundation , also set in Ireland, follows the clans or families of the O'Byrnes, Walshes, and MacGowans. Other families appear on the scene and together they live through the Cromwellian period, the Protestant Ascendancy and the Famine.

Publishing history

• 2006, UK, Century ( ISBN   978-1-84413-794-7), pub date 2 March 2006, hardback (first edition)
• 2006, Canada, Doubleday Canada ( ISBN   978-0385659062), pub date 2 March 2006, hardback (as The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
• 2007, USA, Ballantine Books ( ISBN   978-0345472366), pub date 27 February 2007, paperback (as The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
• 2007, UK, Arrow Books ( ISBN   978-0099476559), pub date 1 March 2007, paperback

Bibliography

• Rutherfurd, Edward (2 March 2006). Ireland: Awakening (1st ed.). London: Century Hutchinson. ISBN   978-1-84413-794-7.
• "Ireland: Awakening". FantasticFiction. Retrieved 20 February 2008.