Mildred Downey Broxon
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Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Skaldaspillir, Sigfriour
- Geboortedatum
- 1944-06-07
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- psychiatric nurse
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The Demon of Scattery door Poul Anderson
Viking invasion of Ireland, Strong woman captive takes revenge on captors
Not Anderson's best work, but entertaining enough. A women is captured by Vikings, and then she gets... revenge.
An Irish healer and her husband, a bard, are cursed and fated to live with the sidhe until released into the twentieth century, where powers greater than they involve them in the Troubles.
The writing is solid and pleasing, the ideas are good, and the basic plot is well told. Broxon has thought deeply about her subject and done good research, giving especially the modern parts of the book a ring of truth. My only wish is that she had better developed the archetypal characters so that there was greater impact on me as a reader as their subplot unfolded. My impression, too, is that the Horned God and Goddess bit is borrowed from Wicca, and is not actual Celtic mythos. Nevertheless, recommended for those interested in Ireland and Irish history, as well as in the struggle for peace.… (meer)
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