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  • By: Santa Montefiore
  • Narrator: Genevieve Swallow
  • Category: Fiction, Sagas
  • Length: 18 hours 33 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: August 15, 2017
  • Language: English
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The Daughters of Ireland Audiobook Summary

Ireland. 1925. The war is over. But life will never be the same…

“Everything Santa Montefiore writes, she writes from the heart,” says JOJO MOYES. See why in this unforgettable story of love, loss, and life, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY and KATE MORTON.

In the green hills of West Cork, Ireland, Castle Deverill has burned to the ground. But young Celia Deverill is determined to see her ruined ancestral home restored to its former glory — to the years when Celia ran through its vast halls with her cousin Kitty and their childhood friend Bridie Doyle.

Kitty herself is raising a young family, but she longs for Jack O’Leary — the long-ago sweetheart she cannot have. And soon Kitty must make a heartbreaking decision, one that could destroy everything she holds dear.

Bridie, once a cook’s daugher in Castle Deverill, is now a well-heeled New York City socialite. Yet her celebrity can’t erase a past act that haunts her still. Nor can it keep her from seeking revenge upon the woman who wronged her all those years ago.

As these three daughters of Ireland seek to make their way in a world once again beset by dark forces, Santa Montefiore shows us once more why she is one of the best-loved storytellers at work today.

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The Daughters of Ireland Audiobook Narrator

Genevieve Swallow is the narrator of The Daughters of Ireland audiobook that was written by Santa Montefiore

Santa Montefiore was born in England. She went to Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset and studied Spanish and Italian at Exeter University. She has written sixteen bestselling novels, which have been translated into thirty different languages and have sold more than two million copies worldwide.

About the Author(s) of The Daughters of Ireland

Santa Montefiore is the author of The Daughters of Ireland

The Daughters of Ireland Full Details

Narrator Genevieve Swallow
Length 18 hours 33 minutes
Author Santa Montefiore
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date August 15, 2017
ISBN 9780062749697

Subjects

The publisher of the The Daughters of Ireland is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Sagas

Additional info

The publisher of the The Daughters of Ireland is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062749697.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Nanasg90

July 14, 2019

¡5 🌟 como 5 soles! La verdad es que desde el principio he tenido una conexión brutal con esta trilogía, pero esta segunda parte ha superado en mi opinión a la anterior. Me ha fascinado la capacidad de la autora para hilar todas las tramas y lo he amado de principio a fin. ¡Deseando leer el siguiente!💜

Zoe

September 02, 2018

Epic, intriguing, and mesmeric!Daughters of Castle Deverill is a meticulous, fascinating tale that picks up where Songs of Love and War left off, taking us back to south-east Ireland during 1925 where Kitty is raising her father's illegitimate child, Birdie has returned wealthy and intent on claiming her son, and Celia is determined to restore Castle Deverill to a more luxurious version no matter the cost.The prose is polished and rich. The characters are flawed, driven, eccentric, and alluring. And the exceptionally compelling, well-paced plot is filled with familial dynamics, drama, emotion, self-discovery, secrets, revelations, love, loss, heartbreak, courage, duty, and passion all surrounded by authentic historical events of the time.Once again with Daughters of Castle Deverill (Deverill Chronicles #2), Montefiore has written a novel that showcases her extraordinary talent as a writer and her passion for history in a tale that sweeps you away to another time and place and leaves you yearning for more. It's a beautifully written, romantic, heartwarming tale that grabs you from the very first page and leaves you eagerly awaiting the final novel in the series, The Last Secret of the Deverills, due to be published in Canada in January 2019.Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

~Sofia~

February 28, 2019

Currently I am thinking of nothing but these books. That says a lot. I love books that utterly consume you and draw you in so that you can think of nothing else. The Deverill family feel as close to me at the moment as some of my dearest friends. I find that I am silently routing for them to succeed and praying the outcome is a happy one! My review of the first book really says it all and I this one reflects that also. I did knock it down a star though as I felt there was not as much going on in this one. It focused more on the characters developing into adulthood rather than the drama surrounding them. It was slightly more morose than the first one. I am so excited to see what happens to these adoring characters and I am hoping the series finishes on a bang but a nice bang if that is possible.

Teresa

August 28, 2016

Absolutely brilliant!!! I loved the first book in this trilogy and wondered if the second would come up to standard. It did. And it surpassed it. All the characters from the first book are here with the addition of new off spring as the years progress. There are twists and turns aplenty. I gasped out loud so many times with all the surprises coming my way. But the end just beat all. When Bridie's daughter goes in search of her real mother, the twist was totally unexpected! And the meeting in the hotel in Dublin is going to have a catastrophic effect I think. I'm not saying any more as I don't want to spoil it or give anything away for readers of this fantastic, sweeping epic of a novel. I'm just lamenting that I have to wait a year for the next one!!!

Sandra

August 06, 2019

5/5 “La muerte persigue a los Deverill como un depredador implacable.”Hijas del castillo Deverill es una segunda parte espectacular, muy a la altura del primer libro. En mi opinión, es incluso mejor, y ya no puedo esperar para ver como acaba todo el la última entrega de la trilogía. He sufrido, he reido, he suspirado... esta saga me está haciendo sentir millones de cosas, es una completa maravilla.-Reseña completa: http://addicionaloslibros.blogspot.co...

Pattie

June 02, 2018

Already starting book 3...really enjoyed 1 and 2!

OldSoul23

August 14, 2019

Si pensaba que la primera parte había sido increíble, esta segunda parte se ha llevado la delantera!!! Canciones de amor y guerra fue uno de mis mejores descubrimientos de este año, no saben lo mucho que esperaba esta segunda parte,y ha superado mis expectativas.Me encanta que aquí todos los personajes son protagonistas , no hay duda que cada acto y consecuencia afecta la vida de todos, es como una telaraña bien tejida.Tenemos de nuevo a Celia , que en esta segunda entrega se puede apreciar con mucho mas detenimiento, siendo muy dichosa junto a su marido, decide reconstruir el castillo de Deverill, después de que este fuera puesto a la venta, ya que posee muchos recursos económicos para su plan, pone todo su empeño para su obra sea recordada y admirada por todos. Por otro lado Kitty , quien aun mantiene una relación extra marital con su gran amor de la infancia Jack, decide que abandonara a Robert, su esposo, y huirá con Jack O´Leary y el pequeño Jack hacia América, pero la decisión no es tan fácil de hacer,se encuentra dividía entre el amor de su esposo y su amante. Así también tenemos a Birdie, quien se ha convertido en un mujer rica, pero lo único que ella no podría comprar es a su hijo , el Pequeño Jack, esta dispuesta a recuperarlo, pero en el camino , se dará cuenta que ya es demasiado tarde, su hijo pertenece a Kitty( a quien odia profundamente). Como dije anteriormente,la historia se encuentra mezclada con infinidad de personajes , muchos de los cuales ya conocíamos en el primer libro, en esta entrega sera introducido muchos más ya que la historia avanza hasta casi finales de los años 30´s.En esta ocasión es Celia quien roba mas protagonismo, como lo hizo Kitty en Canciones de amor y guerra, todos lo personajes muestran un grado de evolución maravillosa, pero es Celia quien después de que se tenga que enfrentar a tiempos difíciles, encontrara la fuera de los Deverill para salir a flote.No tengo nada mas que añadir,Las hijas del castillo es una historia asombrosa, me ha atrapado en un instante y las 500 paginas que posee , hicieron de mi una lectura maravillosa.

Marijke

October 16, 2016

wauw wat een geweldig boek.....

Willemijn

September 01, 2021

Ik lees eigenlijk nooit historische romans, maar voor deze serie maak ik een uitzondering.Je leest in dit boek vanuit heel veel perspectieven ook binnen de hoofdstukken. In het begin moest ik lang nadenken wie wie ook al weer was, maar er staat een stamboom van de Deverills voor in het boek, wat het makkelijker maakte.Het verhaal kabbelde voort, weinig gebeurtenissen. Maar zo vanaf de helft vallen er doden en komen er plotwendingen. Ik ben heel benieuwd wat deel 3 ons zal brengen.

Tina

July 14, 2017

When I read The Girl in the Castle  I didn't know it was book one in a trilogy.  That story ended well and didn't leave you hanging.  Maybe one little mystery at the end but otherwise, it could have been a stand alone novel.  It was quite a treat to find two more books were planned as I very much enjoyed the characters and plot.The next book is titled Daughters of Ireland and picks up where book one left off.  The little mystery  at the end of book one explains who bought Castle Deverill.The main setting is in West Cork Ireland with part of the story set in London and New York City.  We pick up the story of Bridie Doyle, Kitty Deverill and Celia Deverill Mayberry, their paths going different ways but eventually crossing back again.  In childhood they were loving and devoted friends but tragedy stirs up a mess of emotional baggage.  Love, revenge, fear and determination are a constant in this book.This second book has me screaming for more.  So many story lines weaving together, leaving the reader with great anticipation about what happens next.  The main characters are all about to collide and I expect many fireworks in book three.If you are a fan of family saga type books you will love this series.  It's a touch of Downton Abbey along with rural hard living families spanning a time period of 1925 to 1938 (book 2).Food and drinks are mentioned here and there.  I wanted to represent both social economic divisions so I brought a Pomegranate Martini which would appeal to the Deverill family and Scones with cream and jam for the Doyle and O'Leary families. Pomegranate Martini 2oz Vodka1oz Pomegranate JuiceSplash of CointreauPour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker full of ice and shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.I won a copy of this book from Goodreads. Thanks so much!

Tammy

December 04, 2019

Esta segunda parte se enfoca mucho más en Celia, prima de Kitty y a pesar de que me gustó ya que se siguen desarrollando paralelamente otras tramas que me llaman mucho más la atención, sentí que quizás el ritmo de esta historia es un poco más plana que el anterior, aunque hay momentos que me dejaron INSHOCK literal, de igual manera como Celia no es mi favorita, habían situaciones que simplemente no me interesaban. El final me dejó con DEMASIADAS ganas de leer el siguiente ya que presentía que podía pasar, pero AAAAAH!

Annie

March 06, 2020

4 estrellas.El libro me gustó tiene muchos datos históricos que me intrigaron y que inevitable investigué, ya que el libro solo los toca como mención, lo que hubiera estado genial que se hubiera profundizado más en el conflicto social y económico de esa época.

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