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In Book Four of her bestselling The Emerald Ballad Series, BJ Hoff continues to build the drama and excitement of her sweeping mid-19th century Irish American saga.In Ireland, poet, patriot, and schoolmaster Morgan Fitzgerald is locked in conflict with his closest friend's rebel son-who steals the heart of Morgan's adopted daughter. Among the streets of New York, Pastor Jess Dalton and his feisty wife, Kerry, continue to battle against poverty and persecution while taking the Gospel to both the powerful and the poor of the city.Readers will be swept into an epic tale of life and death, heartache and victory, all the while revealing the ancient, enduring glory of an entire people.About This Series: BJ Hoff's Emerald Ballad series was one of the most memorable series published in the 1990s. With combined sales of 300,000 copies, these beloved books found a place in the hearts of BJ's many fans. Now redesigned and freshly covered the saga is available again to a new generation of readers-and BJ's many new fans due to her highly successful Amish series, The Riverhaven Years-The Emerald Ballad series will once again find an enthusiastic audience.

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Historical romance

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	01 avril 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736940535
Langue	English

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H ERE S WHAT THEY RE SAYING ABOUT BJ H OFF S T HE E MERALD B ALLADS
Book 1
Song of the Silent Harp
All the color and imagery of a film enliven this story Rarely has a novel captured so authentically the enduring faith of the Irish peasant
E OIN M C K IERNAN , Founder,
Irish American Cultural Institute
Book 2
Heart of the Lonely Exile
A brilliant picture of the excitement and drama of life in New York City a century ago.
I RISH B OOKS AND M EDIA
These are people to admire and care about, people who have struggled with the demons of sickness, death, and despair, and have survived because of their strong faith and trust in God.
O HIOANA Q UARTERLY
A captivating, faith-filled saga as exuberant, lyrical, and spirited as the Irish themselves A historical saga so rich, so vivid, and so riveting you ll feel like you ve gone back in time.
G UIDEPOSTS B OOK C LUB
Book 3
Land of a Thousand Dreams
A big, colorful novel, full of the type of upbeat Christian values to be found in much of Hoff s fiction.
I RISH E CHO
Captures the melodic vernacular of the Irish world through a myriad of complex characters in a sweeping story of the battle to survive, on both the peasant lands of the Emerald Isle and on the uncertain streets of New York.
W EST C OAST R EVIEW OF B OOKS
Book 4
Sons of an Ancient Glory
Hoff tells a number of striking stories, all involving characters we come to care about immediately. She clearly knows her history, her religion, and her audience, and does a fine job of presenting the first two to the third. This is a series that deserves a lengthy run.
W EST C OAST R EVIEW OF B OOKS
Recipient of Christianity Today s Critic s Choice Book Award, Fiction
Sons of an Ancient Glory
T HE E MERALD B ALLAD
BJ HOFF

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS EUGENE , OREGON
Cover by Koechel Peterson Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
BJ Hoff: Published in association with the Books Such Literary Agency, 52 Mission Circle, Suite 122, PMB 170, Santa Rosa, CA 95409-5370, www.booksandsuch.biz .
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to events or locales, is entirely coincidental.
Previously published in 1993 by Bethany House Publishers.
SONS OF AN ANCIENT GLORY
Copyright 1993 by BJ Hoff Published by Harvest House Publishers Eugene, Oregon 97402 www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hoff, BJ
Sons of an ancient glory / BJ Hoff. p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-7369-2795-6 (pbk.)
1. Irish Americans-Fiction. 2. Immigrants-Fiction. 3. Ireland-Fiction I. Title.
PS3558.O34395S63 2011 813 .54-dc22
2010021580
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 / LB-SK / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
T O M Y R EADERS:
This book is for you. You have overwhelmed me with your letters of encouragement, strengthened me with your prayers of support, and affirmed the value of the stories by opening your caring hearts to me with your own unique stories: stories of your struggles, your sorrows, and your victories.
Storytelling has always been of the utmost importance to the Irish. Because the Gaelic language was outlawed for generations, the ancient art of storytelling was crucial to the survival of Irish culture. For centuries in Ireland, the itinerant Seanchai -the Storyteller-was the person who kept the legends, the history, the traditions of the people alive.
I believe God has used my own passion for all things Irish to motivate me to take up the tradition of the Seanchai and tell the story of Ireland s tragedy-and the long-range effect of that tragedy on both the Emerald Isle and America. But because I also believe that the Irish represent a universal immigration experience (having endured bondage, religious persecution, genocide, displacement, and ethnic prejudice), I like to think that the Emerald Ballad novels are not only stories about Irish immigrants, but stories about all immigrants. Many of you have written to confirm that belief, and I thank you.
Above all else, I hope Sons of an Ancient Glory and all the other Emerald Ballads portray a compassionate God at work among His people, a God who understands our frailties and redeems our failures. Time and time again God charges us in His Word to tell our children and our grandchildren of His deeds. So, as I tell you these stories of the Children of Erin, it is my prayer that you will pass them on. May we all be faithful to tell our children and their children of His deeds, His power, and the wonders He has done.
Dia linn
God bless us.
BJ Hoff
2010
Acknowledgments
My warmest thanks and appreciation to Harvest House Publishers for publishing this new edition of Sons of an Ancient Glory, the fourth book of The Emerald Ballad series, and for their ongoing support and encouragement of my work.
A BOUT BJ H OFF

BJ Hoff s bestselling historical novels continue to cross the boundaries of religion, language, and culture to capture a worldwide reading audience. In addition to The Emerald Ballad series, her books include such popular titles as Song of Erin and American Anthem and bestselling series such as The Riverhaven Years and The Mountain Song Legacy. Her stories, although set in the past, are always relevant to the present. Whether her characters move about in Ireland or America, in small country towns or metropolitan areas, reside in Amish settlements or in coal company houses, she creates communities where people can form relationships, raise families, pursue their faith, and experience the mountains and valleys of life.

A direct descendant of Irish ancestors who came to this country before the Revolutionary War, BJ brings a decade of historical research and strong personal involvement to The Emerald Ballad series. Her understanding of the Irish people-their history, their struggles, their music, their indomitable spirit-lends to her writing all the passion and power of her own Irish heritage. BJ and her husband make their home in Ohio.
For a complete listing of BJ s books published by Harvest House Publishers, turn to page 377.
Contents
To My Readers
Acknowledgments
About BJ Hoff
Prologue Glory Renewed
P ART O NE LIGHT OF PROMISE NEW BEGINNINGS
1 An Afternoon in the Park
2 A Gray, Chill Day
3 A More Recent Sorrow
4 The Gypsy and the Rebel
5 You Will Always Have Your Memories
6 Meeting in a Dublin Gaol
7 The Open Door
8 Strangers at Nelson Hall
9 Of Friends and Family
10 The Arrival of Quinn O Shea
11 A Long Night in Brooklyn
12 The Mystery, The Miracle
13 Enemy Territory
14 Dancing Dreams
15 On the Golden Streets of New York
16 Shooting Star
17 Among Men
18 A Momentous Occasion at Nelson Hall
19 A Child Is Born
P ART T WO LIGHT OF TRUTH GATHERING DARKNESS
20 A Candle in the Dark
21 The Chatham Charity Women s Shelter
22 The Space Between
23 Closed Doors
24 To Face the Dragon
25 Portrait of a Woman
26 The Midnight Thief
27 Bad Tidings
28 A Reluctant Parting
29 In the Vardo
30 Voice of the Heart
31 Terror on the Wind
P ART T HREE LIGHT OF HOPE GLORIOUS GRACE
32 Suffer the Children
33 Be Thou My Vision
34 Hope for the Hopeless
35 Between Freedom and Fear
36 In the Devil s Den
37 The Price of Justice
38 Angels Unaware
39 Acts of Desperation
40 The Sound of Singing
41 The Ways of Women
42 I Have Brought You to This Place
43 In Search of an Ancient Glory
44 Folly or Grace?
45 The Glory of Love
Epilogue And to the Prodigal Grace
A Note from the Author
Other fine BJ Hoff books published by Harvest House Publishers
Great reviews for BJ Hoff s Mountain Song Legacy trilogy
About the Publisher
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
____________ Ireland
Morgan Fitzgerald (the Seanchai ): Poet, patriot, and schoolmaster. Grandson of British nobleman, Richard Nelson. Formerly of County Mayo. Dublin.
Finola : Mysterious beauty with no memory of her past. Dublin.
Annie (Aine) Fitzgerald: Belfast runaway adopted by Morgan Fitzgerald. Dublin.
Sandemon (the West Indies Wonder ): Freed slave from Barbados. Hired companion and friend of Morgan Fitzgerald. Dublin.
Sister Louisa: Nun employed as teacher by Morgan Fitzgerald for his new Academy. Dublin.
Tierney Burke: Rebellious son of Michael Burke. Formerly of New York City. Dublin.
Jan Martova: Romany Gypsy who befriends Tierney Burke. Dublin.
Lucy Hoy: Friend and nurse to Finola. Dublin.
____________ America
THE KAVANAGHS AND THE WHITTAKERS
Daniel Kavanagh: Irish immigrant, formerly of Killala, County Mayo. Son of Owen (deceased) and Nora. New York City.
Nora Kavanagh Whittaker: Irish immigrant, formerly of Killala, County Mayo. Wife of Evan Whittaker. Mother of Daniel Kavanagh. New York City.
Evan Whittaker: British immigrant, formerly of London. Assistant to Lewis Farmington. New York City.
Winifred Whittaker Coates: Evan Whittaker s widowed aunt, formerly of England. New York City.
Johanna and Thomas (Little Tom) Fitzgerald: Irish immigrants, orphaned children of Thomas (Morgan Fitzgerald s deceased brother). Adopted by Evan Whittaker and Nora. New York City.
THE BURKES AND THE FARMINGTONS
Michael Burke: Irish immigrant, New York City police captain, formerly of Killala, County Mayo.
Sara Farmington Burke: Daughter of shipbuilding magnate Lewis Farmington. Wife of Michael Burke. New York City.
Lewis Farmington: Shipbuilder, Christian philanthropist. New York City.
THE DALTONS
Jess Dalton: Mission pastor, author, and abolitionist, former West Poi