*Available for FREE DOWNLOAD 27-31 October 2023*
An illegitimate son, abandoned to a Liverpool workhouse as an infant, discovers his true identity.
He travels to Ireland to try to claim the inheritance his father spurned in his youth.
Rejected and humiliated he joins a clandestine organisation dedicated to overthrowing English rule and establishing an independent Irish republic.
It’s not a bodice-ripper!
With Maggie Williams Richmond’s hallmark writing style of poetic description, authentic historical detail, and convincing dialogue, “Sampson and Son” will delight all fans of literary historical fiction.
This is Maggie’s third novel based on characters revealed by her researches into her family history.
Her first two novels are set in 17th century Scotland. In “Sampson and Son” she turns to her mid-19th centaury ancestors in Liverpool and Dublin.
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Author Bio:
Now settled near Dundee, Scotland, Maggie Williams Richmond has delved deeply into her family tree and has developed a series of stories based on the lives of her ancestors – a very mixed bunch, including a much-maligned Scottish nobleman, a transported convict, a Welsh preacher, and a Belfast industrialist.