<p><b>Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally transports us into the life of John Mitchel, one of the most controversial figures of the fight for Irish independence.</b><br><br>Bringing us on a vivid, page-turning odyssey from Mitchel¿s revolutionary origins in the depths of the Great Famine, through exile and a troubling political evolution, the master of historical fiction wrestles with the conflicts at the centre of a complicated legacy.<br><br>''One of the world¿s greatest writers.'' <i>Spectator</i><br>¿Enlightening . . . Keneally¿s descriptive gift comes into exquisite play.¿ <i>TLS</i><br>¿A gripping and resonant story.¿ <i>Financial Times</i></p>