Seek the Fair Land - by Walter Macken

About the Book

The first book in the ambitious and enthralling acclaimed Irish trilogy, set in the Cromwellian period and follows an Irish man seeking freedom.

Book Synopsis

'An adventure story that is both exciting and moving' - The Times

1649. As English soldiers trample Irish homesteads, leaving behind them a trail of barbarity and destruction, a few brave men set out to seek a 'fair land' over the brow of the hill.

Among them is Dominick MacMahon, whose wife has been killed in the bloody massacre of Drogheda, and whose son and daughter accompany him, along with a wounded priest, Father Sebastian.

But as Dominick journeys in search of peace and freedom, he is relentlessly pursued by Coote, the Cromwellian ruler of Connaught . . .

Seek the Fair Land is the first adventurous and skilfully told story in Walter Macken's famous Irish Trilogy, which shows the resilience and fortitude of everyday citizens during the Cromwellian conquest.

'The long tale of terror and bravery . . . is told with the deftness of a professional storyteller' - Irish Press

Review Quotes

"An explosive segment of history . . . contagious emotion . . . action-packed entertainment" --New York Herald Tribune

"An adventure story that is both exciting and moving" --The Times

About the Author

Walter Macken was born in Galway in 1915. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels Seek the Fair Land, The Silent People and The Scorching Wind. He passed away in 1967.