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Guest of the Commonwealth
Post-Revolutionary War Boston is struggling to emerge united, when a young Irish immigrant encounters a vengeful British Loyalist determined to seek revenge through a violent plot to sabotage the fledgling American Navy. Two centuries later, a Yale student home for the summer, stumbles upon the original plan and identifies the powerful political family responsible, suddenly placing his family in danger and his own promising future in jeopardy .
It is the summer of 1782. Strapping Francis Michael Murphy arrives in Boston from Ireland, determined to escape his troubled past and start afresh. Francis begins the life he crossed an ocean to find, until he uncovers a treasonous plot to blow up the USS Constitution during her ceremonial launch. An act that would kill every sailor on board along with the Massachusetts Governor and America’s second President. Francis is resolved to foil the plan, but will it cost him his life?
It’s the summer of 1982. Gifted hockey player, Mike Murphy finishes his junior year at Yale and returns home to tend bar on Cape Cod. While visiting the local library to begin research on a history project, he discovers Francis Michael Murphy's old ledger, which details events that one powerful family will do anything to conceal. But the Murphys don't back down from trouble. With his family's help, Mike brings the story begun 200 years ago to a thrilling conclusion.
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GUEST OF THE COMMONWEALTH blends history, mystery, and action with themes of power, family, and loyalty, revealing surprising facts about eighteenth century New England.
It is the summer of 1782. Strapping Francis Michael Murphy arrives in Boston from Ireland, determined to escape his troubled past and start afresh. Francis begins the life he crossed an ocean to find, until he uncovers a treasonous plot to blow up the USS Constitution during her ceremonial launch. An act that would kill every sailor on board along with the Massachusetts Governor and America’s second President. Francis is resolved to foil the plan, but will it cost him his life?
It’s the summer of 1982. Gifted hockey player, Mike Murphy finishes his junior year at Yale and returns home to tend bar on Cape Cod. While visiting the local library to begin research on a history project, he discovers Francis Michael Murphy's old ledger, which details events that one powerful family will do anything to conceal. But the Murphys don't back down from trouble. With his family's help, Mike brings the story begun 200 years ago to a thrilling conclusion.
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GUEST OF THE COMMONWEALTH blends history, mystery, and action with themes of power, family, and loyalty, revealing surprising facts about eighteenth century New England.
379 pages, Paperback
Published May 8, 2023
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