‘If there’s a God in Heaven,’ he said, ‘it will end at the gallows. A few cynical actors who fooled entire nations!’ Acting! Performing! And all of it made possible by the use of swords nad muskets and cannon, and driven by jealousy and theft! They bow down to the Great Actor, the King Himself, The kings sneer at them for being fools, and with all that stolen money, they build armies and fleets and export their skills at robbery to the entire world! That’s how it all began, lad. Through the eyes of Cormac OConnor - granted immortality as long as he never leaves the island of Manhattan - we watch New York grow from a tiny settlement. That’s what it is! Armed theater! Castles and music and fine robes and crowns and jewels- it’s all theater. This widely acclaimed bestseller is the magical, epic tale of an extraordinary man who arrives in New York in 1740 and remains. The story’s in the history books, if you know how to read them’ ‘Together, they stole from weaker people and then used the money to create armed theater. He is staring at the house where he lives: the great good Irish place of. How did it begin? And how will it end? I’ll tell you how. There he is, three days after his fifth birthday, standing barefoot upon wet summer grass.
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