All Their Kingdoms

by Madeleine A. Polland

Traces the lives and fortunes of three generations of an Irish family--from West Galway, Ireland to Dublin to America and back to Ireland

Genres: Historical Fiction, Ireland

420 pages, Hardcover

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.