![]() ![]() ![]() Llywelyns account is one of the most readable and dramatic on the subject. ![]() With this book she departs from fiction to transmit decades of research into a page-turning exploration of a warrior kings life, loves, and battles, bringing the facts to life with a novelists eye for detail and drama. Morgan Llywelyn, author of the bestselling Lion of Ireland, ranks among the worlds most successful and respected historical novelists writing about Ireland and Celtic culture. This fascinating survey explores the personalities on both sides and provides a vivid, accessible account of the historic clash. A thousand years have passed since the Battle of Clontarf, a turning point in Irish history in which two centuries of strife between Irish kings and Vikings climaxed in a fateful conflict in the swamps of Dublin. Midwest Book Review In life, the eleventh-century Irish king Brian Boru held the Vikings at bay in death, he remains a towering presence in history and legend. Book Synopsis A deftly written history that reads as smoothly as a novel. Page-turning exploration of the life, loves, and battles of 11th-century Irish warrior king Brian Boru. About the Book A deftly written history that reads as smoothly as a novel. ![]()
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