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Bezig met laden... The Book of Kells (1985)door R. A. MacAvoy
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) Treebeard_404 | Jan 23, 2024 |   ) kitsune_reader | Nov 23, 2023 | John Thornburn has a gift of sketching. It is through his art that a portal opens and delivers a young woman from the past, naked, into his apartment. He enlists the help of his friend, Derval O'Keane, a professor, to figure out what to do with the girl. Her home was under attack from Norse Berserkers when she was thrown through the portal. I was not thrilled with the character of the two main people in this story, they were annoying, but the setting and story were enough to keep me reading. (  ) MrsLee | Jul 24, 2020 | Artist John Thorburn has settled in Dublin at the invitation of Professor Derval O’Keane after she met him in Canada. He is ineffectual and vapid, only taking fire with his art. She is competent and decisive and takes him as one of her lovers. While copying the spirals on a reently discovered Celtic cross, while playing some Irish music, he creates a portal back to Viking Dublin and brings teen-aged Ailesh through. She is a survivor of a Viking raid on the monastic community she and her father reside in. John and Derval take her back in time and discover another survivor, Labres McCullum, an ollave. An interesting take on time travel, more in the style of the accidental traveller than the super-competence usually in evidence in such works, it reads more like a fantasy than a S F novel, given the action is mostly set in the past. Recommended. Maddz | Feb 8, 2019 |  ) quondame | Jun 1, 2018 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A contemporary couple journeys back in time to ancient Ireland in this delightful fantasy by the author of Tea with the Black Dragon. John Thornburn is an artist, mild-mannered and nonviolent. To make ends meet, he teaches some courses in Celtic design. And although his background is half Micmac Indian, he lives in Ireland for two reasons: his far more confrontational and warrior-like girlfriend, Derval O'Keane, and his fascination with the beautiful illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells. But he's about to take a journey to a far more distant place, one that he could not have imagined. Along with Derval, John will find himself in an ancient Celtic realm, where a Viking attack begs to be avenged and a fantastic--and sometimes terrifying--adventure awaits . . . From a master of magical fantasy, the author of the Damiano Trilogy and a winner of the John W. Campbell Award, this is a tale of warriors, love, danger, and Irish history that will cast a spell on anyone who dreams of discovering treasures in long-lost worlds. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.71)
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