Angel`s Lamp, The - Softcover

The Angel's Lamp is storytelling at its finest, fusing fact and fiction to create a grim, yet darkly romantic, portrait of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Ashby Jones's masterfully drawn, memorable characters and his cinematic eye make this tale powerful and brutally human. The story unfolds, one heart-pounding paragraph after another... rich with poetic beauty and emotion... written in vivid detail, highlighting the grit and glory and passion that were the earmarks of the Irish Independence movement. --Linda Bruckheimer, bestselling author and philanthropist

The Angel's Lamp, set in war-torn Ireland just after the Easter Rising, centers around a love affair between Johnny Flynn, an Irish-bred, English staff-sergeant in charge of the rebellion's soon-to-be executed leaders, and Nora Connolly, the firebrand daughter of James Connolly, the uprising's charismatic leader. Johnny meets Nora while standing guard over her soon-to-be executed father and is struck by her determination to take the fight to the British. But then, unknown to Nora and under the threat of death Johnny is unexpectedly summoned to serve on the firing squad that executes Connolly. Ridden with guilt after the execution and feeling a traitor to his heritage given all he has seen and done, Johnny deserts the British Army, joins the ragtag Irish rebels, and soon crosses paths with Nora. The story that follows culminates in an fiery emotional conflict between Johnny and Nora that pits the possibilities of love against the unyielding obstacles to forgiveness.