Project Gutenberg 2015-06-26 Public domain in the USA. 145 Manning, Anne 1807 1879 More, Margareta Manning, A. (Anne) The Year Nine: A Tale of the Tyrol Produced by Shaun Pinder, Elisa and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Year Nine: A Tale of the Tyrol" by Anne Manning is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. Set against the backdrop of the Tyrolean region during the early 1800s, the book likely explores themes of resistance, national identity, and the struggle for freedom amidst the Napoleonic Wars. Central characters include Andreas Hofer, a Tyrolese innkeeper turned folk hero, and several other local figures who become embroiled in the fight against Bavarian forces. At the start of the novel, a thunderstorm sets a dramatic scene in a small Tyrolean inn. The innkeeper, known as Sandwirth, interacts with various patrons, including peasants and travelers, discussing simple life and deeper matters of morality, particularly surrounding a planned shooting match. As conversations hint at underlying tensions in the region, we are introduced to key characters like Joseph Speckbacher, a notable figure among the locals, and Father Joachim, a Capuchin friar who later plays a significant role in organizing resistance efforts. The atmosphere suggests a brewing conflict that intertwines personal lives with larger nationalistic ambitions, foreshadowing the imminent uprising in defense of Tyrol's freedoms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Tyrol (Austria) -- History -- Uprising of 1809 -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels 494800 2025-07-19T15:39:29.094245 text/html 483771 2024-10-24T17:36:45 text/html 1622573 2025-07-19T15:39:38.102198 application/epub+zip 1621641 2025-07-19T15:39:30.534154 application/epub+zip 243014 2025-07-19T15:39:29.803157 application/epub+zip 1762099 2025-07-19T15:39:43.139090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1701834 2025-07-19T15:39:37.269147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328500 2022-09-22T10:37:04.863673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424089 2025-07-19T15:39:27.856184 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 404193 2024-10-24T17:36:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16802 2025-07-19T15:39:43.276093 application/rdf+xml 10918 2025-07-19T15:39:29.902171 image/jpeg 2240 2025-07-19T15:39:29.853174 image/jpeg 1386255 2025-07-19T15:39:29.222188 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia