An Excess of Love

I read this book just after I had finished an Irish Studies course at my local college. I was surprised and delighted at the imaginative and accurate way that Cathy C S had managed to intertwine historical fact with romantic fiction. I could not put this book down and it is my favourite of hers. I think it is an excellent book to read if you have an interest in Irish history particularly regarding the build-up to the 1916 Uprising which was a catalyst for modern Ireland. Given the beautiful romantic circumstances surrounding the story, including tremendous similarities between the authors romantic characters and the various authors, revolutionaries, artists and poets of that time; including W.B./ Yeats and what happened to them and the significance of that time,I think this is one of the best books I have ever read.

From the very first line, this book grabs you and it does not let go until the last page! It is a well written, historically accurate account of the events leading up to the Easter rising of 1916. In it the reader encounters actual prominent historical figures such as Michael Collins. The story involves two sisters, their love for one another, their love for their nation, and their love for the men in their lives. It is romantic, sad, funny,tragic...in a nut shell, all the things that make for great reading. I highly recommend it.

This story is about Ireland and some people in that country, some of the people has been alive and some are fake but the story is about reality when it comes to how we like to make our lifes wearth living. Love and hate for a country and people... It's the year 1916.... A year that ment a lot to many people and this books make those happenings very real to you as well. A story that will make U miss the people when the books is finished and a book that are one of the best written storyes I ever reed. Sorry about the spelling -but do read this book!!