The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small by Jordan, Neil

The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781639364534)

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The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small by Jordan, Neil

The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small

$26.95
The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small by Jordan, Neil

The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small

$26.95
Format: Hardcover
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From Academy Award-winning film director Neil Jordan comes an artful reimagining of an extraordinary friendship spanning the revolutionary tumult of the eighteenth century.

South Carolina, 1781: the American Revolution.

An enslaved man escaping to his freedom saves the life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a British army officer and the younger son of one of Ireland's grandest families.

The tale that unfolds is narrated by Tony Small, the formerly enslaved man who becomes Fitzgerald's companion--and best friend. While details of Lord Edward's life are well documented, little is known of Tony Small, who is at the heart of this moving novel. In this gripping narrative, his character considers the ironies of empire, captivity, and freedom, mapping Lord Edward's journey from being a loyal subject of the British Empire to becoming a leader of the disastrous Irish rebellion of 1798.

This powerful new work of fiction brings Neil Jordan's inimitable storytelling ability to the revolutions that shaped the eighteenth century--in America, France, and, finally, in Ireland.

Author: Neil Jordan
ISBN-10: 1639364536
ISBN-13: 9781639364534
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2023
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.98w x 1.18d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/20/2023
By Neil Jordan
By Neil Jordan
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Neil Jordan is an award-winning Irish film director, screenwriter, and novelist. His first book, Night in Tunisia, won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. He is the winner of an Academy Award, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Irish PEN Award, a BAFTA, and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Jordan's films include Interview with the Vampire, Angel, the Academy Award-winning The Crying Game, Michael Collins (starring Liam Neeson), The End of the Affair (starring Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore), and The Butcher Boy. Neil lives in Dublin.

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