Book cover for Spies: Ireland’s War of Independence. United friends ... divided loyalties by Brian Gallagher

Spies

Ireland’s War of Independence. United friends ... divided loyalties

2018 Released
256 Pages
2-3 Hours
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The O'Brien PressISBN 9781788490733

Orphan Johnny Dunne has fled Balbriggan, where he spied for the rebels in Ireland’s War of Independence. Now he has a new and even more dangerous mission. Rebel leader Michael Collins engages in a cut-throat secret war with British Intelligence: and Johnny, Ireland's youngest spy at only fourteen years of age, finds himself at the centre of the action. In a Dublin full of gunmen, soldiers, police informers and the dreaded Black and Tans, Johnny has to watch his every move.

But it’s hard to turn his back on the past, especially on his friendships with Alice Goodman, and with Stella Radcliffe, the daughter of a British officer, who risked her own life to save his.

As the War of Independence grows more lethal, the three friends must decide where their loyalties lie. Then a secret from Johnny’s past changes everything…

Brian Gallagher

Brian Gallagher is a writer and editor based in Berkeley, California. Previously an editor at the science and culture magazine Nautilus, his journalism has been recognized by The New Yorker, among other publications. He has edited several books, including The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Gallagher is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School and studied philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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