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The matchmaker of Kenmare a novel of Ireland

When matchmaker Kate Begley's husband, U.S. intelligence officer Charles Miller disappears, she enlists Ben MacCarthy's help in finding him. They travel to France and Germany, where they stumble across the German army about to launch its last-gasp assault in the Ardennes and end up questio...

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Main Author: Delaney, Frank, 1942-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, c2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Irish Folklore Commission > Fiction.
Missing persons > Ireland > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Ireland > Fiction.
Self-realization > Fiction.
Ireland > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Summary: When matchmaker Kate Begley's husband, U.S. intelligence officer Charles Miller disappears, she enlists Ben MacCarthy's help in finding him. They travel to France and Germany, where they stumble across the German army about to launch its last-gasp assault in the Ardennes and end up questioning the wisdom of remaining neutral in the face of overwhelming evil.
Physical Description: x, 397 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781400067848 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
1400067847 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780679604334 (ebk.)
0679604332 (ebk.)
Author Notes: Francis James Joseph Raphael Delaney was born in County Tipperary, Ireland on October 24, 1942. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a radio and television reporter for BBC broadcasting. He wrote about two dozen fiction and nonfiction books during his lifetime including Ireland, Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island, The Celts, A Walk to the Western Isles, and James Joyce's Odyssey: A Guide to the Dublin of Ulysses. He died following a stroke on February 21, 2017 at the age of 74.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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