by Joseph O'Connor · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099469629
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«Star of the Sea» is the historical novel by Joseph O'Connor, published by Vintage in paperback (432 pages, in English).
In the winter of 1847, during the Irish famine, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York with hundreds of refugees. Among them travel a maidservant with a secret, a ruined lord, and a composer of revolutionary ballads. A hidden killer roams the decks. Twenty-six days of passage in which the past lets no one go.
First instalment of the «Star of the Sea» series. Winner of the Prix Littéraire Européen Madeleine Zepter and the Prix Millepages in 2003.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction, with an interest in Irish literature; also works as a book club read.
Joseph Victor O'Connor is an Irish novelist. His 2002 historical novel Star of the Sea was an international number one bestseller. Before success as an author, he was a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper and Esquire. He is a regular contributor to RTÉ and a member of the Irish artists' association Aosdána.
