Rory O’More (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Lover
- First Published: 1837
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure romance
- Time of Work: 1798
- Setting: Southern Ireland
- Principal Characters: Rory O’More, Mary O’More, Shan Regan, Kathleen Regan, Horace de Lacy, de Welskein, Scrubbs
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Revolutionaries, Love or romance, Escapes, Poverty or poor people, Trials, Eighteenth century, Patriotism, Ireland or Irish people, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: Ireland
The Story:
While in Dublin on some business for his widowed mother, Rory O’More made the acquaintance of Horace de Lacy, an Irish patriot who had come from France in order to further the cause of revolution against English oppression. He was a messenger from a French general who was aiding the Irish in order to help Napoleon in his attempted conquest of England. De Lacy was a gentleman, descended from proud bloodlines, and Rory and his mother and sister considered it an honor to have him share their home. The O’More women nursed him back to health after an attack of...
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