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The Anglophile
Not since the Scarlet Pimpernel has there been a character of such wit, charm and daring as Dennis McDermott, a young man who lived two lives in eighteenth-century Dublin. Fashionable society idolized him as a handsome, rakish man of their world, never suspecting that he was the mysterious leader of the Irish underground whose nightly missions continued to outwit the British authorities.
256 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1957
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December 8, 2025
We’re told at the beginning of the book that the characters are fictional, but the historical background is authentic.
The book starts off in a clumsy manner with the dialogue not flowing or making much sense. The characters go from one subject to another from sentence to sentence, making it hard to get the ideas that are being discussed.
However, the love triangle does get a bit exciting. Unfortunately, it also ends up just being weird. We have Anne at the center of it. She is a wealthy young girl of around 20, and she accepts the proposal of Mr. McDermott, a rake and a scoundrel. Mr. Quintain, the brother of Anne’s lifelong friends, Sophie and Emily, tries to persuade her not to marry, and falls in love with her himself in the process.
The setting is in British occupied Ireland, and conflict and underground smuggling play a large part.
This was just okay. Not great, not terrible.
The book starts off in a clumsy manner with the dialogue not flowing or making much sense. The characters go from one subject to another from sentence to sentence, making it hard to get the ideas that are being discussed.
However, the love triangle does get a bit exciting. Unfortunately, it also ends up just being weird. We have Anne at the center of it. She is a wealthy young girl of around 20, and she accepts the proposal of Mr. McDermott, a rake and a scoundrel. Mr. Quintain, the brother of Anne’s lifelong friends, Sophie and Emily, tries to persuade her not to marry, and falls in love with her himself in the process.
The setting is in British occupied Ireland, and conflict and underground smuggling play a large part.
This was just okay. Not great, not terrible.
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