Redemption Mass Market Paperback – March 22, 1996

I love historical novels. I did a lot of reading during the mid-90's and early-00's when I was travelling to and from Europe on business. I read most of Uris' novels then. I loved Trinity. My wife, of Irish decent, and I, of English decent, talk about it to this day. I'm retired now and love the time I have to read. I still love historical novels. I had not read Redemption, so when I found out about it I was eager to read it. Uris is a great story teller, more succinct than Michener, deeper than Follet, probably most like Edmund Rutherford and James Clavell. Uris has an ability to make his characters real and he weaves them through historical events that make the reader feel like they are there. Plus he has a unique ability to describe human pathos. I've been in war and understand fear, utter boredom, elation at surviving, and extreme sorrow at loosing a close comrade. Redemption was wonderful in that regard and Uris' descriptions of those feelings are accurate from my perspective. But Redemption is more than a war story or a people struggling with oppression. It is a story of an Irish family that struggled with the times and eventually found happiness. It is easy to read and hard to put down, but I don't believe it is a page turner. There are times when one needs to put the book down and think about what the story teller is conveying. I was sad when I finished Redemption, because, well, I wanted it to continue. That to me is the sign of a good book. Redemption taught me to go back to Uris and read his books again.

The story in this book was great, but the editing was horrible, lots of typos and poor grammar throughout the book. Really annoying. Was this rushed to publishing?

A stirring evocative saga, with protagonist Irish rebel Conor Larkin as the pivotal axis, from which unpredictable events and characters develop, to create a profound dramatic epic of the myriad forces affecting Ireland, including WWI, Gallipoli, mules. Unspoken uncomfortable truths haunt parents and their progeny. Generations unconsciously replicate identical patterns of rejection, hence, suffering. Love of country offers respite from family estrangement: "We all blame our parents, all of us ... then we never seem to see ourselves doing the same things to our own kids" (p. 457). A compelling saga.

Uris captures the ache in the soul and relationships in blighted Ireland and its tentacles in this sequel to Trinity. His story-telling is superb, heart wrenching, joyful, and tragic.

Leon Uris is one of my favorite authors and this book does not disappoint. I have shared Trinity with my daughter and am looking forward to adding Redemption to our book club list. We both enjoy reading books we can hold in our hands and put on our shelves!

I have read and enjoyed all of the books Leon Uris has written. Redemption falls way short of his writing. First third of story just rehashes Trinity. The rest of the story is good, but I don't understand why I have seen reviews of this book and no one has brought up how all of a sudden the two Hubble boys are alive and well. As I recall in Trinity toward the end both were killed. Can anyone explain this to me, perhaps I missed an explantion?

Nothing destroys a book more for me than typographical errors and bad editing. This book was fraught with them. Why? That being said, I enjoyed the way the book delved deeper into the lives of some of the characters from Trinity. It is a haunting, sad, compelling story and a book hard to put down if you can stop sighing and rolling your eyes at the terrible editing.

All of the Leon Uris novels are great reads.Buy it.. read it.. enjoy it.

What a well written follow up to Trinity . Could not put it down

Awesome

as expected

Leon wrote fantastic books when he was alive. I believe his account of Ireland is so informative and honest.Great read.Thank you

Redemption continues where " Trinity " left off and then some more.The main thrust of the story is about Rory Larkin, Connor's nephew. An angry young man, who feels lost and rejected, but has that strength of character, that you know will win out in the end( the stuff of Irish legend ) Redemption neatly fills in small blanks from " Trinity " it neatly fills in little bits that clarify the bigger picture from the previous story, but " Redemption's " real story is about that bloody horror that was Gallipoli. Here the characters gel and the history between the Hubbles and the Larkins, start to surface and events unfold in an unexpected way.Redemption is a " follow on " story but on reflection Rory probably realises that he cannot change the history of so many centuries,and Lady Caroline realises that she cannot re live old fantasies through a younger man who's heart truly lies elsewhere however what they can do is strike a " telling " blow for justice, which they do and then their lives move on as must we.Another powerful story from a master story teller