Empire Rising
Thomas Kelly$22.95
$27.00
It is 1930, and ground has just been broken for the Empire State Building. One of the thousands of men who will come to work high above the city is Michael Briody, an Irish immigrant torn between his desire to make a new life in America and his pledge to gather money and arms for the Irish republican cause. When he meets Grace Masterson, an alluring artist who is depicting the great skyscraper's rise from her houseboat on the East River, Briody's life suddenly turns exhilarating--and dangerous--for Grace is also a paramour of Johnny Farrell, Mayor Jimmy Walker's liaison with Tammany Hall and the underworld.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 01/24/2006
ISBN: 9780312425746
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d
Review Citations: New York Times 03/05/2006 pg. 20