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Star of the Sea is a historical novel by the Irish writer Joseph O'Connor published in 2002. The novel is set in 1847 against the backdrop of the Irish famine. Star of the Sea became an international number one bestseller, selling more than 800,000 copies in a year.
- Joseph O'Connor
- 2004
1. Jan. 2002 · The novel takes the form of an account of the voyage undertaken by the steamer in 1847, primarily 'written' by American journalist and aspiring novelist, G Grantley Dixon, returning to his homeland after witnessing the horrors of famine and eviction in Ireland.
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From Publishers’ Weekly – This brooding historical fiction by novelist, playwright and critic O’Connor (Cowboys and Indians) chronicles the mayhem aboard the Star of the Sea, a leaky old sailing ship crossing from Ireland to New York during the bitter winter of 1847, its steerage crammed to the bulkheads with diseased and starving ...
Star of the Sea is a 2004 historical fiction novel by Joseph O’Connor. Set in the winter of 1847, it chronicles the transatlantic voyage of a ship of refugees striving to escape Ireland’s potato famine by migrating to the United States.
8. März 2004 · A New York Times Notable Book and “thoroughly gripping” historical mystery: On a ship packed with Irish immigrants, one passenger is a killer (People). In the bitter winter of 1847, leaving an...
Award-winning author Joseph O'Connor's Star of the Sea is a New York Times Notable Book and "thoroughly gripping" (People) historical mystery. In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland...
Star of the Sea. Joseph O'Connor. Harcourt, 2002 - Fiction - 386 pages. In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the "Star of the Sea" sets sail...
