Redemption - Leon Uris [1]
54 Johnny Tarbox was an upscale artful dodger whose reputation for…
55 With the onset of hostilities in Europe, Brigadier Llewelyn Brodhead…
56 Convoys of various sizes and shapes began to form into…
57 I am unflinchingly prepared to present my “grand strategy…
58 Shunk-rooomshunk…shunk-rooomshunk…shunk-rooomshunk…
59 As the Anzac convoy sweltered northward toward the Red Sea…
60 The mail boat made a welcome round of the convoy at…
61 The sudden eruption of the Anzacs from their entombment on…
62 Rory came to attention before a long table covered by…
63 After several individual forays into Cairo, Serjeant Major Tarbox and…
64 There was no aspect of soldiering minuscule enough to be…
65 Rory had been emotionally wracked since learning that Lieutenant Jeremy…
66 The Golden Mule Rule: Love Thy Mule As Thyself…
67 Despite the flood of warriors into Cairo, Sonya Kulkarian’…
68 Nay to the Nay-sayers!
69 “Why must we have two paddocks?” Modi asked…
70 The River Jordan…
71 “Let me have the notes, Eddie,” Churchill directed…
72 Sonya called to her girls to round up the squad’s…
73 Jeremy shaved very carefully around assorted nicks, cuts, scrapes, and…
74 To First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill from Admiral HH…
The Second Interlude: Gallipoli
Among the precious gifts my beloved uncle, Conor Larkin, bestowed…
I learned that some officers submerged while other officers and…
I actually enjoyed my hangover. We had given Subaltern Yurlob…
Major Christopher Hubble was happier than a hog wallowing in…
Epilogue
Prelude: A Retrospective on the Easter Rising Of 1916
Part Five: Sir Roger Casement is in the Tower of London
75 Rory was welcomed into Dublin Castle in a manner fit…
76 “Lieutenant Landers, you’re most welcome!”
77 “Sixmilecross! Sixmilecross!”
78 A small phalanx of guards briskly entered the dining room…
79 Father Dary crossed the Gratton Bridge over the river Liffey…
80 “Rachael, when you touch me like that I think…
81 Ireland, as an island, has ninety-four corners to it where…
82 Caroline Hubble never came down from her bedroom without looking…
83 When the Tara Street Railroad Station was planned and built…
84 In that it was wartime, the southern part of Ireland…
85 The sliding section of the roof opened.…
86 Father Dary Larkin and Rachael Fitzpatrick walked a quay of…
87 Roger Casement was an off-horse in the republican movement. His…
88 Squire Liam Larkin stepped outside the Prince of Wales Hotel…
89 Sir Llewelyn checked the gear in at the rear of…
90 “My dear, dear, dear Caroline,” Churchill said, leaping…
91 Weather seems to be the one thing everyone has in…
About the Author
By Leon Uris
Critical Acclaim for Leon Uris and Redemption
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
Epigraph
Special thanks to my research associate
Jeanne Sillay Jacobson
and to my special assistant
Jeanne Randall
Prologue: The Year of 1894
It is apparent to me as I approach adulthood that I am destined to make a memorable impact on the political life of Great Britain. I must display sufficient qualities to assure England’s subjects that I have the passion and courage for leadership.
Conversely, I must not appear too vain. Since my appetite as a writer is no less voracious than my will to ascend to power I shall keep copious notes.
Obviously, some of these notes must be secret and for my eyes alone. If one says what he is really thinking at all times he could advance no further in the rough and tumble of politics than a custodian in the House of Commons.
Therefore, The Secret Files of Winston Churchill shall remain under lock and key, for my eyes only, to remain unseen by friend and foe alike.
I have provided in my Will that upon my (untimely) death The Secret Files of Winston Churchill be held in Trust by His Majesty’s National Archives until the year A.D. 2050.
At that time, when I am safely (and one would hope) ensconced among my countrymen of bygone centuries, the historians and academics may unseal these files and, perhaps, come in for a shock or