Morgan Llywelyn, Author . Forge $25.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-312-86753-9
During the period covered in Llywelyn's third magisterial novel (after 1916
and 1921) in her Irish Century series, from the island's division into the primarily Catholic Free State and the mostly Protestant Northern Ireland in the early...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author . Ballantine $24.95 (301p) ISBN 978-0-345-47766-8
Devotees of Llywelyn's glorious Celtic fantasy, Druids
(1991), will welcome this sequel, a beautifully told adventure story that avoids the usual adventure story clichés. After Julius Caesar triumphs over Gaul, the druid Ainvar and his...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author . Forge $24.95 (399p) ISBN 978-0-312-87849-8
In Llywelyn's fifth and final installment in the Irish Century series, she offers a fastidious take on “The Troubles,” weaving facts and historical figures with the fictitious lives of a former IRA soldier, his American-born wife...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author . Forge $24.99 (302p) ISBN 978-0-312-86099-8
Veteran historical author Llywelyn retells the colorful life story of revered Irish monastic saint Brendan the Navigator in the form of a personal journal, written by an elderly Brendan, interspersed with third-person glimpses of the “Great...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author Forge $25.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-312-86754-6
Llywelyn's second novel in the series she inaugurated with 1916 (1998) furthers her investigation of Irish history by focusing on Ireland's struggle for freedom from Britain. This volume begins in 1917 in the aftermath of the Easter Rising and...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author William Morrow & Company $22 (368p) ISBN 978-0-688-10794-9
This powerful partisan novel by the author of Druids recounts the aftermath of the last concerted attempt by Celtic nobility in Ireland to throw off English domination. When Elizabeth I sent her forces to the Catholic country to guard against...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author Forge $23.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-312-85476-8
Too many characters with too many names (most given in Gaelic, in their Anglicized form and with descriptive adjectives) involved in too many actions subvert Llywelyn's retelling of an important Irish legend. Finn MacCool is a warrior/poet, a leader
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author Forge $23.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-85700-4
The perils of royal succession and a choice between love and glory form the dominant themes of Llywelyn's lively sequel to Lion of Ireland (1979). That novel described the rise of High King Brian Boru, who became known as the ""Charlemagne of...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author Forge $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-86101-8
The task of transforming the events of the 1916 Irish Rebellion into coherent fiction would terrify most writers. Llywelyn (The Lion of Ireland; Red Branch), however, has produced a thunderous, informative read that rises to the challenge. Sticking...
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Morgan Llywelyn. Forge, $24.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-765-33123-6
Irish author Llywelyn (The Horse Goddess) presents an exceptional novel of 5th century Brittania, weaving impressive historical detail with enlightened and evolving characters. In C.E. 410, the Roman army deserted Brittania (modern-day Great Britain)
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Morgan Llywelyn. Tor, $25.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7653-8866-7
The catalyst of this unsatisfying near-future narrative, the first SF novel from fantasist Llywelyn (Lion of Ireland), is an unidentified event—referred to as “the Change”—that causes plastic items to dissolve. The post-plastics era of uncertainty...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author, Morgan Llwyelyn, Author William Morrow & Company $19.95 (456p) ISBN 978-0-688-08819-4
Caesar's Gallic Wars are recounted from the viewpoint of the losers in this highly readable evocation of the culture of the European Celts. Ainvar of the Carnutes, a young orphan druid-in-training, receives instruction for the ``manmaking'' rituals...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author, Michael Scott, Author Baen Books $22 (416p) ISBN 978-0-671-87652-4
Llywelyn (The Last Prince of Ireland) and Scott (Tales of the Bard) have set this entrancing novel, their first collaboration, in a semimedieval, far-future fantasy world. This concocted realm serves them exceptionally well as they layer shades of...
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Morgan Llywelyn, Author, Michael Scott, Author Tor Books $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-86627-3
In this sturdy historical fantasy novel, Llywelyn, best known as a fictional chronicler of Irish history (1916, etc.), and U.K. anthologist Scott turn their attention to the legendary Roman hero Horatius (he of the last stand at the bridge). The...
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Morgan Llynwelyn, Author, Morgan Llywelyn, Author Random House Value Publishing $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-55951-2
The 16th century pirate-chieftain Grace O'Malley, often called Grania of Ireland, bestrides the turbulent cosmos created by Llywelyn (Lion of Ireland in this lusty saga. Grania, a formidable figure of hearty appetites, is the leader of fractious...
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Morgan Llynwelyn, Author, Morgan Llywelyn, Author William Morrow & Company $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-06946-9
The rich trove of the Red Branch literature, the heroic Irish tales known as the Ulster Cycle, is mined creatively by the author of the bestseller Lion of Ireland . In recreating the life and times of Cuchulain, legendary warrior of the bardic era,...
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