The terrible beauty that is Ireland comes alive in this mighty epic that re-creates that Emerald’s Isle’s fierce struggle for independence. Trinity is a saga of glories and defeats, triumphs and tragedies, lived by a young Catholic rebel and the beautiful and valiant Protestant girl who defied her heritage to join him.Leon Uris has painted a masterful portrait of a beleaguered people divided by … by religion and wealth–impoverished Catholic peasants pitted against a Protestant aristocracy wielding power over life and death. From the Paperback edition.
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Uris does his usual great job of making history come alive.
an excellent read!! ilhan omar should read it to better understand what the history of the palestinian problem is all about. in a nutshell it was brought on by palestinians against their own people!
Absolutely brilliant true depiction of Irish history and the brutality of the the British empire
Before I read Trinity, I did not really understand the turmoil that existed in Ireland. This book lays it out so that the problems are understood. Informative, interesting, and well-written.
This is a great novel, sweeping, historic, written with power and incite. It’s one of the early works that inspired me to be a writer. Uris was great – one of many he wrote that taught and gave me pleasure.
One of the best books I have ever read. Very Leon Uris worthy
It explains a doomed revolution with acumen. I read it in high school and was amazed that someone could write with such vividness about so many different people.
This is one of my favorite books of all times. I learned so much about the war in Northern Ireland from reading this book. I was sorry when it ended.
Uris is a brilliant writer of historical fiction
Historically accurate and incredibly exciting
“Trinity” by Leon Uris is the great novel about Ireland. If you had no passionate feelings about the Irish culture and their struggles before, you certainly will after reading this book. There are some parts of the book – taken straight from a page in history – that will outrage a person of Irish descent. (The “Penal Laws” are one example). Leon Uris brings to life this terrible struggle within the Irish people, not only for independence from the British but from their own inner struggles about right and wrong, and their own morality.
Terrorism is a deadly and hellish business in any situation. The “war” in Northern Ireland was not only about terrorism – it was about the right of people to worship as they please, and to decide and govern their own laws. Any act of violence is reprehensible and beyond the pale. However, it is a fact of life in this day and age and in the many centuries before the modern turmoil.
“Trinity” is a fictional story only in the sense of the main characters, but the struggle and the sadness and the terrors are all too-real. The history in this story is dramatized in many powerful scenes, and at times Uris’ writing is strongly eloquent. The book has a relentless power and drive (almost on its own, it seems at times), and is based on real tragedy in Ireland. Mr. Uris has neither diminished nor made trivial this despairing heartbreak.
The characters in “Trinity” have overpowering and deeply emotional personalities, but in keeping with Irish ways, these feelings always seem to be bubbling just below the surface. Rarely are they revealed full-scale. In a few basic words, “Trinity” by Leon Uris is about Irish heroes and sinners, of God, deep-seated superstition and fear; powerful and all-consuming love and hate, and the ultimate in poverty and greed.