This is the follow-up to Rutherfurd's "The Princes of Ireland." This second volume of The Dublin Saga begins after the Irish defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and continues through the period of French aggression, the disastrous potato famine, and massive migration to the United States, and the golden age of contemporary Irish literature. Fictional families tell the story of this eventful period in Irish history in this lengthy and memorable work of historical fiction.  (IRE164, $28.95)