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1、PublishedbyDreamspinnerPress4760PrestonRoadSuite244-149Frisco,TX75034http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/Thisisaworkoffiction.Names,characters,placesandincidentseitheraretheproductoftheauthor’simaginationorareusedfictitiously,andanyresemblancetoactualpersons,livingordead,businessestablishments,eventsor
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4、-935192-37-4DedicationToallpeopleeverywherewhofightastheymusttothrowofftheyokeoftyrannyandinequalityandespeciallytothepeopleofIrelandwhofoughtforfreedomandhonor.MaythegreenhillsofIrelandbeevermoreasymbolofthatfreedom.IrishWinter1sIanMulroneylefthishouseonthecornerofAbbeyandTraversstreets,heglancedov
5、erhisshoulder.AVigilancehadbecomeahabitafterthelatestviolencehadhitthestreetsofCork.Cork,Ireland,inlate1919hadbecomeahotbedofresistancetoBritishrule.ThescentofwarwasintheairastheIrishRepublicanArmysteppedupitsresistancetotheBritishandtheirmethodsofviolence.CompleteindependencefromGreatBritainwastheg
6、oaloftheIRA,anditwaswillingtouseanymethodtoobtainthatoutcome,includingarmedconflict.InCorkCountyalone,therewerethreebrigadeswithanadditionalbrigadewithinthecity.Ianwasneverasupporterofwarorviolence.Hetendedtoseethebeautyinallthingslivingandwarwastheantithesisofthatoutlook.Ashewalkedtowardthetowncent
7、ertomeetwithfriends,heheardshoutsandscreaming.Whenshotsrangout,Ianignoredhisnaturalinstinctsandrantowardthetumult,ratherthanawayfromit.HeroundedthecornerandsawtheRIC,theRoyalIrishConstabulary,pointing