The Resource The glorious Guinness girls, Emily Hourican
The glorious Guinness girls, Emily Hourican
Resource Information
The item The glorious Guinness girls, Emily Hourican represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The glorious Guinness girls, Emily Hourican represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "Aileen. Maureen. Oonagh. The private lives of the Glorious Guinness Girls fascinated a nation. But privilege always has its price... Granddaughters of the first Earl of Iveagh, the three daughters of Ernest Guinness are glamorous society girls, the toast of Dublin and London. Darlings of the press, with not a care in the world. But what beautiful ruins lie behind the glass of their privileged worlds? Inspired by fascinating real events and a remarkable true story, from the turmoil of Ireland's War of Independence to the brittle glamour of 1920s London, this dramatic, richly textured reading group novel takes us into the heart of a beautiful but often painful hidden world"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition.
- Extent
- viii, 405 pages
- Note
- Includes a reading group guide (pages [395]-405)
- Isbn
- 9781538720233
- Label
- The glorious Guinness girls
- Title
- The glorious Guinness girls
- Statement of responsibility
- Emily Hourican
- Subject
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- Ireland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921 -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 20th century
- trueLondon, England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueSisters
- trueSocial change
- trueUpper class
- trueBrewers
- trueFamily secrets
- trueHeirs and heiresses
- Historical fiction
- trueIreland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Aileen. Maureen. Oonagh. The private lives of the Glorious Guinness Girls fascinated a nation. But privilege always has its price... Granddaughters of the first Earl of Iveagh, the three daughters of Ernest Guinness are glamorous society girls, the toast of Dublin and London. Darlings of the press, with not a care in the world. But what beautiful ruins lie behind the glass of their privileged worlds? Inspired by fascinating real events and a remarkable true story, from the turmoil of Ireland's War of Independence to the brittle glamour of 1920s London, this dramatic, richly textured reading group novel takes us into the heart of a beautiful but often painful hidden world"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10958505
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hourican, Emily
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6108.O876
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- London (England)
- London (England)
- Ireland
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The glorious Guinness girls, Emily Hourican
- Note
- Includes a reading group guide (pages [395]-405)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition.
- Extent
- viii, 405 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538720233
- Lccn
- 2020054032
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration
- Label
- The glorious Guinness girls, Emily Hourican
- Note
- Includes a reading group guide (pages [395]-405)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition.
- Extent
- viii, 405 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538720233
- Lccn
- 2020054032
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration
Subject
- Ireland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921 -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 20th century
- trueLondon, England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueSisters
- trueSocial change
- trueUpper class
- trueBrewers
- trueFamily secrets
- trueHeirs and heiresses
- Historical fiction
- trueIreland -- History -- War of Independence, 1919-1921
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