All Their Kingdoms

by Madeleine A. Polland

In a Land ravaged by famine, beauty was her only dowry....He cam riding into her life like a knight on a white horse-Matt O'Connor, the one man for Celia Healey's heart from the moment they met. Gloriously in love, she was swept into realms of opulence and ease- a princess destined to live happily ever after... But in years to come, tragedy and betrayal would strike at the very heart of Celia's golden world. Cruelly cheated of their legacy, Celia's children would know grim hardship, bitter loss and troubled passions until the day a young O'Connor returned to Galway in Triumph to reclaim their price and...all their kingdoms.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Ireland

474 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Madeleine Polland (who also wrote as Frances Adrian) was born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, on May 31, 1918.

Madeleine was educated at Hitchin Girls' Grammar School, Herfordshire, from 1929 to 1937.

After leaving school, she served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, and shortly after leaving married Arthur Joseph Polland in 1946.

Madeleine Polland has written several books for children and many novels for adults. Her first book for young readers, CHILDREN OF THE RED KING, was published in the UK by Constable in 1960.

Reviews

[Deb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this on CLM's recommendation of the writer. I enjoyed it as well as the others two my library had - Sabrina and No Price Too High. Good old-fashioned romances with great period detail.Excellent reading for a cold winter when one is feeling invalidish!

[CLM]

I love this author, and know I have read this book but don't recall it clearly.