Product Description
In 1869 Tom Walsh and his sister Maria abandon an Ireland ravaged by
famine and exploitation and emigrate to America - the land of opportunity.
Together, they begin a journey that will take them across the prairies of the
New World towards Colorado and, eventually, to a great gold mine that makes
Tom rich beyond his wildest dreams
Thirty years later, he is one of the world's richest men, a friend of Presidents and
royalty, a US commissioner to the 1900 World Trade Fair, and lavish host in one of
Washington's foremost mansions - but he still returns on a visit to his beloved
Ireland in homage to his past.
Fortune however. has her price. Tom's daughter. Evalyn, wife of the heir to the
Washington Post, buys the world's most infamous gemstone, the Hope Diamond...
Bestselling Irish author Mary Ryan takes us through the misery of famine-stricken
lreland, the uphill road to fortune, and the lives of the super-rich in the early 1900s
in this passionate and powerful epic saga. based on the true-life story of Thomas
F. Walsh, her great-granduncle who made his fortune in the goldmines of Colorado.
Praise for Mary Ryan:
‘Mary Ryan knows how to tell a story' Irish independent
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