Redemption (Uris Novel)

''Redemption'' (first published 1995) is a novel by author

Leon Uris Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 – June 21, 2003) was an American author of historical fiction who wrote many bestselling books including '' Exodus'' (published in 1958) and ''Trinity'' (published in 1976). Life and career Uris was born in Ba ...

. It is a sequel to his epic 1976 book, ''

Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...

''. Set mainly in the first half of the twentieth century in the years leading to the

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, it tells the stories of the Irish revolutionary

Conor Larkin ''Trinity'' is a novel by American author Leon Uris, published in 1976 by Doubleday. It spent 21 weeks atop ''The New York Times'' Best Sellers list in 1976 and 14 weeks in 1977. The book tells the story of the intertwining lives of the fo ...

's family, his brothers Liam and Dary, and Liam's son Rory. After emigrating from

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, Liam establishes his own dynasty and sets to repeat the same cycle of conflict with his own sons as his father, Tomas. Rory becomes a

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

war hero in the Gallipoli campaign. Rory's uncle Dary takes Catholic clerical vows, only to have a powerful love drive him to question both celibacy and his calling. 1995 American novels HarperCollins books History of Ireland (1801–1923) Novels by Leon Uris Novels set during World War I Novels set in New Zealand Sequel novels Works about the Gallipoli campaign {{1990s-WWI-novel-stub