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The Magic Cup

door Andrew M. Greeley

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A Quest for the Holy Grail In this novel of legendary Ireland, Andrew Greeley takes you back into a long-ago time of mists and magic, faith and love. Here you will meet Cormac MacDermot, the young king destined to lead Ireland out of paganism to Christianity; his aged father, now on the throne, and the seductive witch-queen who holds the country in thrall. Here also is the lovely slave girl Brigid. As light-footed as an Irish pixie, she will help Cormac seek the magic cup that will confirm his right to be High King ofIreland. Over mountain and river they will journey, beset by perils. But when their enemies capture Brigid, and Cormac strives to save her, he will see that the little slave girl is a great deal more than she seems.… (meer)

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The first novel published by the famous writer priest, which takes the Grail legend and recasts it in the setting of late pagan / early Christian Ireland. The love between a mature king and a young slave-girl (yeah, really) is a central plot strand. I've enjoyed several of Greeley's later books, but I'm afraid this one was rather boring when it wasn't being skeevy, and the odd spelling variants in Irish names and words grated as well ("Podraig", "Tanaise", "Agadhoe"). I was musing the other day (in a piece that I hope will appear in the Eastercon programme book) how few recent writers are able to take traditional Irish/Celtic themes and do something new and convincing with them, and I'm afraid this book is further testimony to the difficulty of that task. You can skip it in good conscience. (

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8 Andrew Greeley Book Set: The Magic Cup; An Occasion of Sin; The Cardinal Sins; Happy Are the Peacemakers; Death in April; White Smoke; The Search for Mggie ward; Lord of the Dance. door Andrew M. Greeley

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Time passes so gently in this country, moist
Change as slow as the cliff yielding to the sea -
Hear the trumpet from the past, silver voiced,
Its clear mark differently on you and me,
Shrewd, still close to the flock, bishop urbane -
And bittersweet sounds of the Kerry Dance,
Of hope and laughter no matter what pain
The Irish, with Jesus and Mary, caught in Romance.

When, Eamonn, you return to Inch's fair strand
And the sun explodes like thunder in the reeks,
Watch through the gray mists the sun arising;
Their weary footprints softly tracing sand
The three tired pilgrims whom all Ireland seeks -
Great Podraig, magic Biddy, and Cormac the King.

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For Eamonn Casey (who will not mind, I hope) in gratitude for introducing me to the wonders of Kerry.

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Thick gray clouds trailing their black shadows across the valley floor chased the clear sky beyond the horizon.

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A Quest for the Holy Grail In this novel of legendary Ireland, Andrew Greeley takes you back into a long-ago time of mists and magic, faith and love. Here you will meet Cormac MacDermot, the young king destined to lead Ireland out of paganism to Christianity; his aged father, now on the throne, and the seductive witch-queen who holds the country in thrall. Here also is the lovely slave girl Brigid. As light-footed as an Irish pixie, she will help Cormac seek the magic cup that will confirm his right to be High King ofIreland. Over mountain and river they will journey, beset by perils. But when their enemies capture Brigid, and Cormac strives to save her, he will see that the little slave girl is a great deal more than she seems.

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