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Jana Petken presents the final instalment of the multi-award-winning bestseller, Swearing Allegiance, chronicling the Great War, the Irish War of independence, and the Carmody family’s struggle to survive the momentous events that are tearing their beloved Ireland apart.
As the Great War enters its most deadly phase, Patrick, Jenny, and Danny Carmody must cast aside their personal desires in order to stand with Britain against Germany and her allies.
Danny, who is recovering from serious wounds, is devastated when he learns he must return to the Continent to fight at the front.
Patrick, traumatised by his experience on HMHS Britannic, prays for a shore posting, but the Royal Navy has something much more insidious in store for him.
Jenny and Kevin rekindle their love for one another but their relationship is tested when the Irish people demand their independence from Britain and its king. Jenny must choose between her brothers and her new husband’s Anglo-Irish aristocratic family.
“A gripping, monumental adventure that gives life to one of the most tumultuous periods in British history.”
Editorial Review
The Coffee Pot Book Club Award 5 Stars
Petken is a multi-award-winning and international bestselling author, and I can understand why. Her books are amazing, I am already a massive fan of Petken's work, but Oath of Allegiance completely blew me away. It is outstanding. This book deserves a place on your bookshelf, and if ever a book deserved to be the next big series on Netflix, then it is this one.
Where do I even begin to attempt to express how wonderful this book is? I could speak of how Petken stimulated all five senses with her vivacious storytelling. I could praise Petken for her fabulous historical descriptions. I could celebrate Petken's novelist eyes for human failings — her emphatic understanding of the human condition. I could, of course, praise the narrative, which is as lucid as it is enthralling. Or, the prose that washed over me in riotous colours of green and white and orange. This is a book where the patriots become the terrorists. Where those who are meant to protect become a seedy colour of Black and Tan. Where life is torn asunder by a war that had been going on for years and would continue to go on for decades more. This is a story about the day the Emerald Isle began to drown in the blood of her own people. This is a story about the Irish Republican Army (IRA). This is the story of one family whose life would never be the same again.
The historical detailing of this book must be commended. Petken has really nailed this era. Not only is Petken a talented author, she is also the most dedicated of historians. Petken's knowledge of what conditions were like at the Somme, to her understanding of the events that led up to Bloody Sunday and the Civil War in Ireland also must be commended. One does not just sit down and write a historical fiction book that is so incredibly authentic and as true to the history as can be without hours and hours of research. Petken is, without a doubt the creme de la creme of historical fiction writers. If you don't believe me, pick up this book.
More from Jana Petken
Multi Award-Winning The Guardian of Secrets
Screenplay The Guardian of Secrets
Audio Book The Guardian of Secrets
The Mercy Carver Series:
Award Winning Dark Shadows
Blood Moon
Audio Books, Mercy Carver Series
The Flock Trilogy
Multi Award-winning, The Errant Flock
The Scattered Flock
Flock: The Gathering of The Damned
Audio Books: The Flock Trilogy
Allegiance Series
Swearing Allegiance
Audio Book, Swearing Allegiance
Oath of Allegiance
The German Half-Bloods Trilogy
The German Half-Bloods
The Vogels: On All Fronts
Before The Brightest Dawn
Audio Books The German Half-Bloods
The Vogels: On All Fronts
Genre: Historical
As the Great War enters its most deadly phase, Patrick, Jenny, and Danny Carmody must cast aside their personal desires in order to stand with Britain against Germany and her allies.
Danny, who is recovering from serious wounds, is devastated when he learns he must return to the Continent to fight at the front.
Patrick, traumatised by his experience on HMHS Britannic, prays for a shore posting, but the Royal Navy has something much more insidious in store for him.
Jenny and Kevin rekindle their love for one another but their relationship is tested when the Irish people demand their independence from Britain and its king. Jenny must choose between her brothers and her new husband’s Anglo-Irish aristocratic family.
“A gripping, monumental adventure that gives life to one of the most tumultuous periods in British history.”
Editorial Review
The Coffee Pot Book Club Award 5 Stars
Petken is a multi-award-winning and international bestselling author, and I can understand why. Her books are amazing, I am already a massive fan of Petken's work, but Oath of Allegiance completely blew me away. It is outstanding. This book deserves a place on your bookshelf, and if ever a book deserved to be the next big series on Netflix, then it is this one.
Where do I even begin to attempt to express how wonderful this book is? I could speak of how Petken stimulated all five senses with her vivacious storytelling. I could praise Petken for her fabulous historical descriptions. I could celebrate Petken's novelist eyes for human failings — her emphatic understanding of the human condition. I could, of course, praise the narrative, which is as lucid as it is enthralling. Or, the prose that washed over me in riotous colours of green and white and orange. This is a book where the patriots become the terrorists. Where those who are meant to protect become a seedy colour of Black and Tan. Where life is torn asunder by a war that had been going on for years and would continue to go on for decades more. This is a story about the day the Emerald Isle began to drown in the blood of her own people. This is a story about the Irish Republican Army (IRA). This is the story of one family whose life would never be the same again.
The historical detailing of this book must be commended. Petken has really nailed this era. Not only is Petken a talented author, she is also the most dedicated of historians. Petken's knowledge of what conditions were like at the Somme, to her understanding of the events that led up to Bloody Sunday and the Civil War in Ireland also must be commended. One does not just sit down and write a historical fiction book that is so incredibly authentic and as true to the history as can be without hours and hours of research. Petken is, without a doubt the creme de la creme of historical fiction writers. If you don't believe me, pick up this book.
More from Jana Petken
Multi Award-Winning The Guardian of Secrets
Screenplay The Guardian of Secrets
Audio Book The Guardian of Secrets
The Mercy Carver Series:
Award Winning Dark Shadows
Blood Moon
Audio Books, Mercy Carver Series
The Flock Trilogy
Multi Award-winning, The Errant Flock
The Scattered Flock
Flock: The Gathering of The Damned
Audio Books: The Flock Trilogy
Allegiance Series
Swearing Allegiance
Audio Book, Swearing Allegiance
Oath of Allegiance
The German Half-Bloods Trilogy
The German Half-Bloods
The Vogels: On All Fronts
Before The Brightest Dawn
Audio Books The German Half-Bloods
The Vogels: On All Fronts
Genre: Historical
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