A WORLD APART: An Epic Novel From Ireland''s Past The Michael Dwyer story continues ... powerful in its drama and truth ... and his fame in the history of Ireland begins. Now a close friend of Robert Emmet, Michael does everything in his power to help the young aristocrat succeed in his revolutionary aims, but traitors abound everywhere, attempting to bring down both young men. A winner, a fighter, a survivor, Michael remains free and undefeated, but his friends all know that the greatest danger to his freedom and his life, is the girl whom Michael is so passionately in love with, Mary Doyle. All are certain that if Michael falls, it will be because of her. " Here is a real blockbuster, magnificent, passionate, poignant." - BOOKS IRELAND " A powerful historical novel." - GUERNSEY EVENING PRESS" " Highly recommended." - IRISH WORLD " Powerful! A love story which endures more than half a century and spans two continents.'' - BRECON & RADNOR EXPRESS" " Gretta Curran Browne has a talent for drawing us into her characters and situations." - IRISH NEWS