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From the internationally bestselling author of London and Sarum -- a magnificent epic about love and war, family life and political intrigue in Ireland over the course of seventeen centuries. Like the novels of James Michener, The Princes of Ireland brilliantly interweaves engrossing... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Joan Doyle: Joan Doyle is the beautiful and kindhearted wife of the Alderman Doyle. She was misunderstood and thought to be ruthless and scheming woman by one of the other characters Margaret Walsh.
- Harold: Viking farmer
- Deirdre: Passionate Celtic woman
- Margaret: Add a description of this character.
- Conall: Deirdre's lover
- Gilpatrick: Priest
- Osgar
- Brian Boru: Irish leader
- William Walsh
- Henry
- Morann
- Peter
- Mac Gowan
- Conan
- Palmer
- Fionnuala: Passionate girl
- Morna: Deirdre's son
- Sean O'Byrne
- Fitzgerald
- Alderman Doyle
- Kildare: Governor of the Irish for the English
- Maurice: Foster son of the O'Byrnes
- Tom Tidy: Timid carrier
- O'neill
- Larine: Druid, friend of Conall
- Richard
- Sigurd: Danish Viking
- Ruairi: Irish nobleman
- John
- Goibniu: Smith
- Thomas
- Cecily
- Diarmait: Irish king
- Caoilinn
- Butler
- Ronan
- Brendan
- O'Toole
- Saint Patrick: Formidable preacher
Setting & Locations edit
Ireland
- Dublin: Capital city
- England
- Leinster: Southeastern kingdom
- Munster: Southern kingdom
- Dalkey: Coastal village
- Bristol: English port
- London: English capital
- France
- Liffey: River
- Britain
- Wicklow Mountains
- Fingal: Farming region
- Wales
- Rathmines
- Spain
- Uisnech
- Maynooth
- Rome
- Waterford
- Clontarf
- Thingmount
- Gaul
- York
- River Boyne
- Carmun
- Normandy
- Glenda
- Armagh
- Tolka
- Canterbury
- Jerusalem
- Carrickmines
- Limerick
First Sentence edit
LUGHNASA. High summer. It would be harvest season soon.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue: Emerald Sun
One: Dubh Linn
Two: Tara
Three: Patrick
Four: Vikings
Five: Brian Boru
Six: Strongbow
Seven: Oalkey
Eight: The Pale
Nine: Silken Thomas
Afterword
Pronunciation Guide
Acknowledgments
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in The Dublin Saga. (standard series)
Followed by The Rebels of Ireland.
This book is in Big Fat Books. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edward Rutherfurd (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0385502869
Page Count: 794
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0385502869
Page Count: 794
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- Dewey: 823.914
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