{"product_id":"the-theft-of-truth","title":"The Theft of Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-weight:\u003eBred to the law. Convicted of stealing four pigs. Transported to the other side of the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-weight:\u003eIreland, 1819.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e William Irwin Keon is preparing to claim the lands he believes are rightfully his. Before he can secure his children’s future, he is convicted at the Roscommon Assizes under peculiar circumstances and sentenced to seven years’ transportation to New South Wales.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eHis wife Catherine is left in Ireland with two young children and an uncertain future. Refusing to surrender their inheritance, she begins a legal battle that her son will continue for years.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMarriages are questioned. Births are disputed. The identities of the heirs are called into doubt.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eTwo centuries later, Maud Wright returns to her father’s papers. Following letters, court records and forgotten archives across Ireland and beyond, she begins to unravel a tangled history of false claims, inheritance and family secrets.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eBut proving who your ancestors were can be considerably harder than finding their names.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eBased on real events and original documents from Irish and Australian archives, The Theft of Truth is a historical family mystery of transportation, disputed inheritance and one mother's determination to protect her children's inheritance.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-style: italic\u003eA Forgotten Histories novel. Can be read on its own or after The Truth of Sheemore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Widdowson Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":68174471070000,"sku":"9781066834334","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781066834334.jpg?v=1792934492","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-theft-of-truth","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}