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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 · Star of the Sea. Joseph O'Connor. 3.92. 11,022 ratings851 reviews. In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of refugees, some optimistic, many more desperate.
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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 ...
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...
1. Mai 2003 · A bumptious epic about a New World–bound ship Star of the Sea, full of raging immigrants, conflicted aristocrats, and a flint-eyed murderer. It’s the tumultuous year of 1847 when O’Connor’s gallimaufry of characters board a “coffin ship” bound from Ireland to New York.
