The Grainne Journals

Dublin, 1994: Peace negotiations are beginning. There is talk of a cease-fire. But for the bullying, unkind Frank and his unhappy wife Theresa, the war begins when they discover the tattered bundle of copybooks containing the astounding- and dangerous- Grainne Journals. Dublin, 1919: Molly is a young Protestant girl, working in Dublin Castle and in love for the first time. But then the Irish War of Independence catastrophically changes her life. Almost against her will, Molly is drawn deeper and deeper into the struggle by 'the Big Fellow,' the charismatic General Michael Collins, who transforms her into Grainne, the most feared killer of the IRA. Their affair, her capture and torture lead inevitably, tragically, to one of the greatest mysteries of Irish history- the assassination of Collins on a lonely road at Beal na Blath.