A Winter of Spies

Gerard Whelan

May 2021 · Bolinda · Narrated by Stephen Hogan

About this audiobook

In the winter of 1920 the War of Independence is raging and Dublin is a place of terror. But eleven-year-old Sarah is afraid of nothing – British soldiers, checkpoints, even the dreaded Black and Tans. She wants to be ‘a rebel for Ireland’. Then she discovers that there is a secret, deadly war going on behind closed doors. This is a war of spies and counter-spies, of whispers and assassinations, all under the watchful eye of Michael Collins. And Sarah’s family are up to their necks in it all ... now she too knows things that could cost her her life.

About the author

Gerard Whelan was born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, and has lived and worked in several European countries. After some time living in Dublin, he has returned to live in his native Wexford. He is the author of many books for children and a multiple award-winner. His first novel, The Guns of Easter, won the Eilís Dillon Memorial Award for first-time writers. Dream Invader later won the Bisto Book of the Year Award. He has also been shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland awards. Gerard is also the author of A Winter of Spies and Out of Nowhere.

Irish-born Stephen Hogan was trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He went on to perform at the Royal National Theatre in London and the prestigious Abbey and Gaiety Theatres in Dublin. By 1993 he was working on screen, first in HBO’s The Tudors and then moving on to his first movie appearance in the cult sci-fi trilogy epic Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. He has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Injustice and secured a role in the television movie Saving the Titanic.