Bard: the Odyssey of the Irish |
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Morgan Llywelyn
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Pages: 480 (Mass Market Paperback)
ISBN: 0812585151
Pub: Tor Books
Pub date: 1994-12-31
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 249487
Reader Reviews:
Wonderful adventure into Celtic History. (5/5 people found this helpful)
This was my first Morgan LLywelyn novel to read and I am now hooked!! wonderful description of celts and great characters.. Loved the history and would reccommend it to anyone with the slightest or diehard interest in Celtic history!! Also great bibliography of other sources. Have read many of her other books after finishing.
Captivating (6/6 people found this helpful)
I loved this book! The beautiful weaving she does with her words reflect the intricate art of the people she writes about. This story is more than a story; its history, romance, war, learning, life, music, spirituality and passion all rolled into one.
a filling journey into domain of the human spirit of living (2/4 people found this helpful)
..the generocity of the earth, the voice of the spirits, the untorn facbric of the tribe. the bard, for me, is more than a beutifull story based on facts on the history of eiru-land, it is a revieling expirience of life with its differnt faces. it brings a cool yet vibrant wind of living with understanding life instead of the hot red wind of desrtoying them for what ever reason. I hpoe the reader will enjoy and learn.
This book has me proud of being Gaelician!! (0/0 people found this helpful)
I want to thank out of the bottom of my heart the author, because the romanized world has misunderstood my ancestors and actually made many of us believe that the Gaels were barbarians. This Book has brought me in touch with the beauty of this pre-christian race, which I am static to be related to. I just ordered more books from the same author right here at Amazon.com, and I would also like to tell the author to please never stop writing this magnificent line of books. Thank you Morgan !
Wonderful, Imaginative, Beautifully written (0/0 people found this helpful)
I stayed up late last night (6/16/98) to read through to when Amergin and Shinann would be together, beautiful! I cried! I did not finish it so that I could have a little piece left for tonight! I loved this story! I have been curious to find out anything about the Tuatha de Danann people, this story answered a lot of questions, I want more! I cried when the Celts attacked the Dananns, who were willing to share their island with them. I know it is fiction, but I could just imagine that that was how the Celts won. When I read how the Danann could have used the earthkillers to win, but decided not to, and marched willingly into battle against a superior army, I cried. Where did the Danann come from, that's what I want to know! I have read a lot of Ms. Llywelyn's books, this was the best of all, I plan on reading all her books!
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