An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War, Patrick Taylor
An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War, Patrick Taylor
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An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War
An Irish Country Novel

Author: Patrick Taylor

Narrator: John Keating

Unabridged: 13 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/14/2014


Synopsis

Doctor O'Reilly heeds the call to serve his country in Irish Doctor in Peace and At War, the new novel in Patrick Taylor's beloved Irish Country series

Long before Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly became a fixture in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, he was a young M.B. with plans to marry midwife Dierdre Mawhinney. Those plans were complicated by the outbreak of World War II and the call of duty. Assigned to the HMS Warspite, a formidable 30,000-ton battleship, Surgeon Lieutenant O'Reilly soon found himself face-to-face with the hardships of war, tending to the dreadnought's crew of 1,200 as well as to the many casualties brought aboard.

Life in Ballybuckebo is a far cry from the strife of war, but over two decades later O'Reilly and his younger colleagues still have plenty of challenges: an outbreak of German measles, the odd tropical disease, a hard-fought pie-baking contest, and a local man whose mule-headed adherence to tradition is standing in the way of his son's future. Now older and wiser, O'Reilly has prescriptions for whatever ails…until a secret from the past threatens to unravel his own peace of mind.

Shifting deftly between two very different eras, Patrick Taylor's latest Irish Country novel reveals more about O'Reilly's tumultuous past, even as Ballybucklebo faces the future in its own singular fashion.

About Patrick Taylor

Patrick Taylor, M.D., was born and raised in Bangor County Down in Northern Ireland. Dr. Taylor is a distinguished medical researcher, offshore sailor, model-boat builder, and father of two grown children. He lives on Saltspring Island, British Columbia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on June 02, 2017

This is book nine in the Irish Doctor series. It is best to read this series in order as Taylor builds the next story on the past one. In this book Taylor flashes back and forth between Northern Ireland in the 1960s and the Wartime travails of 1939 to 1945 at home and at sea. Dr. Fingal O’Reilly ser......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on August 06, 2024

A decent amount of fun as always but a bit slow at times with all the back and forth between the timelines. I like seeing O'Reilly's history but I would have liked more of the "present" timeline. There just wasn't enough Barry to really satisfy me.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Hopewell on December 01, 2014

UGH! I LOVE this series, but Patrick Taylor you are BORING ME TO DEATH with stuff that should have an asterisk and a footnote! I don't want stilted conversations that are lifted from a medical text book or, this time, from the Royal Navy handbook for officers. And, jeeze Pete! is there a literate hu......more

Goodreads review by Paul on November 28, 2017

This book was not one of Mr. Taylor best books in this series. I found the conversation lacking and trying too hard. I found there was a lot "Remember when..." type dialogue. Instead of just regular discussion. The storyline did not grab me like the previous stories have, it was kind of disappointin......more


Quotes

“Charming, full of Irish wit and wisdom...and, of course, all the village characters we've come to love. For those just discovering the Irish doctor, this book can stand on its own, but it will leave the reader wanting more.” —Booklist on Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor

“Taylor is a bang-up storyteller who captivates and entertains from the first word.” —Publishers Weekly on An Irish Country Girl

“What Herriot did for Yorkshire, Taylor now does for Northern Ireland's Country Antrim and County Down, minus the animals, of course, but with all the good sentiments.” —Kirkus Reviews on An Irish Country Wedding

“Patrick Taylor has become probably the most popular Irish-Canadian writer of all time.” —The Globe and Mail