{"product_id":"an-irish-doctor-in-peace-and-at-war-9780765338372","title":"An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoctor O'Reilly heeds the call to serve his country in \u003ci\u003eAn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Doctor in Peace and At War, \u003c\/i\u003e the new novel in Patrick Taylor's beloved Irish Country series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong 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 \u003ci\u003eWarspite\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLife 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShifting 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATRICK 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 is best-known for the New York Times-bestselling Irish Country series, starting with An Irish Country Doctor; he is also the author of the novels Pray for Us Sinners and Now and in the Hour of our Death. He now lives on Saltspring Island, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Forge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50675015909650,"sku":"9780765338372","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bdc3b1cb-f37c-43f1-8af2-7ec25db4a949.jpg?v=1733869501","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-irish-doctor-in-peace-and-at-war-9780765338372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}