The Peacock's Legacy

Hailed by Reedsy Discovery and the onlinebookclub as a 5-star "must read "  and slated for review by the prestigious Historical Novel Society, The Peacock's Legacy is a captivating masterpiece, which one reviewer has suggested should become a movie.

Can a 19th-century Irish woman overcome the shadows of her past? The narrative follows the life of Brigid Power,  a woman whose resilience and determination defy fate to forge her path. 

Born to a struggling tenant farmer, Btigid survives the devastating Irish Famine of the 1840s, which shatters her family and destroys her youth, 

Faced with an unwanted marriage, Brigid flees to Dublin, where she finds love and purpose in the Fenian resistance movement. However Brigid's story is far from over. Widowedtice- one from a terrifying disease, her second husband is wanted by the British military. The family flees Ireland for America. They settle in Boston and flourish until Brigid's husband is assassinated, and she must rebuild her life. 

By chance she meets her emigration ship's Caribbean sea captain and they marry. and  Brigid finds peace with him. Following an eventful trip to his home in Barbados, Brigid returns to Boston to find an enigmatic letter from England.. The letter holds the key to the secrets of the past, which will change Brigid's life forever.