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  a contemporary novel by MORGAN LLYWELYN

  Suzanne and Ger come from different backgrounds but they share a love of horses and a burning ambition to succeeed in the tough worlds of dressage and showjumping. Can friendship too be part of that world?

  OTHER HISTORICAL NOVELS FROM THE O’BRIEN PRESS

  Almost thirteen, Amelia Pim is the daughter of a wealthy Quaker family. Her mind is filled with her forthcoming birthday party. But when her happy, privileged world is shattered, Amelia must learn to live with poverty – and even disgrace when her mother is arrested for Suffragette activity. But she also learns the value of true friendship.

  It is 1916 and war has broken out both at home and abroad. Amelia, now sixteen, has to deal with the departure of her first love, Frederick, who has decided to fight in the First World War. Then servant girl Mary Anne’s brother is hiding in their garden after his involvement in the Easter Rising …

  The story of the Flight of the Earls. It is 1603 and Hugh O’Neill is about to leave his homeland after the disastrous defeat at Kinsale. He wants his youngest son, Con, to go with him. But where is he?

  Dublin 1922. Working class Annie Reilly is thrilled to win a scholarship to Eccles Street School. She meets Peter Scanlon, a student at Belvedere College. He sides with the rebels in the civil war, but when Annie’s life is threatened, he has to decide where his loyalties lie.

  Liam and Nora become friends at a feis ceoil. But their fathers are on opposite sides in the Dublin Lockout of 1913: one a striking worker, the other a wealthy employer. Can their friendship survive?

  The ghost of fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott moves restlessly aboard the Titanic as she sails to her doom in 1912. An eye-witness to the final days in the lives of rich and poor, crew and passengers, this is Samuel’s story.

  When her father returns from the First World War he is shell-shocked. And now another war is being fought in her homeland – the Irish Civil War. Her father wants peace, but others want to fight to the bitter end. Who is right?

  Kate is captivated by Irish dancing. It’s the most exciting thing she’s ever done – but in 1930s Ireland, not many people have the money for such luxuries. How can Kate follow her dream of dance?

  In thirteenth-century Ireland, full of war and danger, four children are determined to stop Richard de Clare, Lord of Bunratty, killing the magical Silver Stag. Adventure, conflict and danger await them in their desperate struggle.

  A vivid story of a fight for survival in darkest medieval Dublin. As the spectre of the Black Death hovers over the city, Kai is plucked from the filthy streets to sing in the great Christ Church choir. But Kai has a dark secret and there are dangerous enemies everywhere.