Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally transports us into the life of John Mitchel, one of the most controversial figures of the fight for Irish independence.

Bringing us on a vivid, page-turning odyssey from Mitchel's revolutionary origins in the depths of the Great Famine, through exile and a troubling political evolution, the master of historical fiction wrestles with the conflicts at the centre of a complicated legacy.

'One of the world's greatest writers.' Spectator
'Enlightening . . . Keneally's descriptive gift comes into exquisite play.' TLS
'A gripping and resonant story.' Financial Times

Thomas Keneally is the award-winning author of novels and non-fiction works. His novels include the bestselling, Booker Prize winning novel Schindler's Ark and The People's Train. He has won the Miles Franklin Award, the Booker Prize, the Royal Society of Literature Prize and the Mondello International Prize. He lives in Sydney.