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Bezig met laden... The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga (origineel 2004; editie 2005)door Edward Rutherfurd
Informatie over het werkThe Princes of Ireland door Edward Rutherfurd (2004)
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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. I plan to reread this again over vacation, as a refresher before I start the second book in the series. ( ) Rutherfurd's Princes of Ireland opens with a lesson in geography, anthropology, and history. I am always learning something new with historical fiction, like the difference between overlords and feudal lords. Did you know that Celtic warriors rode their horses naked? Kissing each other's nipples is a show of forgiveness? Clans buried their warriors standing up, facing their enemies camp, to keep an eye on them? So many customs and traditions and that is not even getting into the politics of the country! Although I kept making comparisons to Thomas Flanagan's Irish series, Rutherfurd's Ireland is much rowdier than Flanagan's epic tale. People stealing horses for animalistic (pun intended) pleasures was a head scratcher for me. I have heard the rumors of men with sheep, but horses? Mythology and rituals abound. As an example, the success of the season's harvest is dependent on the druid's blessing. All of these details are a vehicle for the clever entanglement of fact and fiction - details so interwoven it is hard to tease them apart. My favorite part of the story was Rutherfurd's mastermind of the relationship between Margaret and Joan. Margaret's misconceptions and prejudices of Joan were skillful and plausible. It was like a medieval gossip rag. Here is another drama: the king's wish to divorce his Spanish wife for the love of another. The townspeople quarrel about who is in the right. Príncipes de Irlanda es un retrato inmejorable de la historia del país: desde la llegada de san Patricio a la isla pagana de Irlanda, la resistencia a la cristianización o el enfrentamiento con los vikingos, hasta los conflictos entre los príncipes de Irlanda y los reyes de Inglaterra. Edward Rutherfurd nos enseña que para comprender la vida de un país es necesario conocer su historia; esa es la oportunidad que brinda esta novela a través de historias ficticias y personajes inventados. Un viaje imaginario a través de los siglos, con parada en los hechos más significativos del devenir de Irlanda, que se engarzan perfectamente a la ficción y que arribará, en este primer volumen de los dos concebidos por Rutherfurd, hasta el siglo XVI. If you like books in the manner of James Michener, then this one is for you. Rutherfurd has begun the history of Dublin from its earliest days as a small settlement around a dark pool. This book goes up to the Reformation; there is a second volume. I did get lost in the names at times, only because they aren't generally familiar to me. The family tree at the beginning was immensely helpful, as was the pronunciation guide in the back. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)The Dublin Saga (1) Onderscheidingen
A sweeping panorama steeped in the tragedy and glory that is Ireland, epitomizes the power and richness of Rutherford's storytelling magic. The saga begins in tribal, pre-Christian Ireland during the reign of the fierce and mighty High kings at Tara, with the fate of two lovers, the princely Conall and the ravishing Deirdre, whose travails cleverly echo the ancient Celtic legend of Cuchulainn. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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