The Cursing Stone
An Irish Historical Novel
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ISBN 978-1-9997811-3-2
County Donegal, Ireland, 1884. Your island home is threatened with mass evictions. What would you be willing to do to stop them?
Based on the shipwreck of HMS Wasp, The Cursing Stone follows the lives of two men – Ruairi Mullan of Tory Island, and Sub-Lieutenant William Gubby of the Royal Navy – as their fates intersect in the disastrous arc of the Irish Land Wars.
Reviews
“Beautifully written and compelling story…. The interweaving of the characters and the tragedy of HMS Wasp are masterfully handled. This is such a good read.”
Lissa Oliver, author of Chantilly Downs
“Every character just comes to life off the page… These various strands in the story link so naturally with each other, the different story-lines each building its own momentum as they move towards the shipwreck and all mesh into place. Nothing in the story is unnecessary, but there is a fund of just the right detail to bring everything to life and make the characters and their fortunes so deeply interesting. Gubby, Ruairi, the various crew-members on the Wasp, the lighthouse cast, the map-school and of course the island community – all are painted in with such light brush-stokes, and yet there is a sense of each having a full life-history.”
Rosalind Duke, Lecturer (Retired),
Development and Inter-Cultural Education, DCU