![]() ![]() Yet despite his perilous circumstances, all he can think about is finding his former wife and true love, the actress Venetia Kelly. The national mood is downtrodden poverty, corruption, and a fledgling armed rebellion rattle the countryside, and although Ben wants no part of the upstart insurrection along the northern border, he unknowingly falls in with an IRA sympathizer and is compromised into running guns. ![]() In a good way.” So says James Clare, Ben MacCarthy’s beloved mentor, and it is this fateful advice that will guide Ben through the tumultuous events of Ireland in 1956. So if we’re to live good lives, we have to tell ourselves our own story. ![]() But there’s no story, no matter how ancient, as important as one’s own. “Every legend and all mythologies exist to teach us how to run our days. Now, in The Last Storyteller, Delaney weaves an absorbing tale of lasting love, dangerous risk, and the healing power of redemption. Frank Delaney, New York Times bestselling author of Ireland, Shannon, Tipperary, Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show, and The Matchmaker of Kenmare, is the unparalleled master of Irish historical fiction, bringing Ireland to life with exceptional warmth, wisdom, and wit. ![]()
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