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Description: Bestselling novelist Andrew M. Greeley outdoes his previous triumphs with Irish Gold, a contemporary, fresh and exciting novel of suspense and love. Nuala Anne McGrail, a student at Dublin's Trinity College, is beautiful the way a Celtic goddess is beautiful - not that Dermot Michael Coyne of Chicago has ever seen one of those in his twenty-five years - unless you count his grandmother Nell, who left Ireland during the Troubles with her husband Liam O'Riada, and who would never tell why they left. Somebody else remembers, though - or why is Dermot set upon by thugs?
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Review Summary: Mesmerizing and will break your heart |
Date: 2007-08-09 |
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Details: Just finished it today. Couldn't put it down. I love Dermot & Nuala & have ordered the rest of the series. Found myself crying as I read through it, heartrending. Also a wonderful love story & excellent people altogether. |
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Review Summary: Redundant |
Date: 2005-01-03 |
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Details: I was excited to finally get around to Greeley's Nuala Anne McGrail Novels. After all, I'm Catholic and of Irish descent. At first, I was not disappointed. Irish Gold started out fine and I thought Greeley had a good handle on things Irish, the vernacular of Dublin, interesting characters, and a compelling historical story line. Having just finished Irish Lace (the 2nd of the series), I don't think I can continue hearing the same meager themes pressed over and over and over- and I suspect such is the extent of Fr. Greeley's repertoire. How many times does one need to read the words to "Molly Malone," after all? One particularly distasteful reoccurring theme is Greeley's preclusion to bash Republicans and champion thoroughly discredited liberal views at every opportunity. Maybe the world looked differently to the author when this book was published in 1994, but I'll wager Fr. Greeley sees the country in 2005 as having been taken over by "those evil Republicans." Well, I guess one cannot argue with success, but my opinion is that the success can be attributed to reader's low expectations rather than Greeley's writing acumen. I cannot recommend this series of novels. |
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Review Summary: GREAT story! |
Date: 2003-04-25 |
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Details: And not too sensual. Sure, there's the longing that goes with courtship, but we are spared the intimate details. If you love a good story, but prefer not to read about throbbing body parts, read this book. If you think good novels have to have sex, then keep looking cuz the details in this book are left to the reader's imagination. This is a nice mystery, lovable characters, and a great story line. :) |
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Review Summary: I didn't like it !!! |
Date: 2003-03-28 |
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Details: Somehow I just didn't like "Irish Gold". It was a gift, and I can see why people like it, with all the great reviews, but I just didn't. Something with Greeley's writing style did not go well with me. It was an easy read--but all the history stuff confused me at times--so many people and events, it was like, are you in the past or present? I thought the plot & events were good, but I just really did not like this book. A lot of people might, though. |
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Review Summary: Long but definitely worth it |
Date: 2001-11-17 |
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Details: This is the longest book I've ever read, but it was worth every page! I loved how there were so many storylines going on at once. But they were easy to follow. Great love stories---it only gets better. I actually learned a lot about Ireland, too. =) |
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