THE PRINCES OF IRELAND: THE DUBLIN SAGA (UK TITLE: DUBLIN: FOUNDATION)
Book ID/图书代码： 11701206B01526
English Summary/英文概要： From the bestselling author of LONDON and SARUM - a magnificent epic about love and battle, family life and political intrigue in Ireland over the course of eleven centuries. THE PRINCES OF IRELAND brilliantly weaves impeccable historical research and mesmerizing storytelling in capturing the essence of a place and its people.
Edward Rutherfurd has introduced millions of readers to the human dramas that are the lifeblood of history. From his first bestseller, SARUM, to the international sensation LONDON, he has captivated audiences with gripping narratives that follow the fortunes of several fictional families down through the ages. THE PRINCES OF IRELAND, a sweeping panorama steeped in the tragedy and glory that is Ireland, epitomizes the power and richness of Rutherfurd’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 tale of two lovers, the princely Conall and the ravishing Deirdre, whose travails cleverly echo the ancient Celtic legend of Cuchulainn. From that stirring beginning, Rutherfurd takes the reader on a powerfully-imagined journey through the centuries. Through the interlocking stories of a memorable cast of characters - druids and chieftains, monks and smugglers, noblewomen and farmwives, merchants and mercenaries, rebels and cowards - we see Ireland through the lens of its greatest city.
While vividly and movingly conveying the passions and struggles that shaped the character of Dublin, Rutherfurd portrays the major events in Irish history: The tribal culture of pagan Ireland; the mission of St. Patrick; the coming of the Vikings and the founding of Dublin; the glories of the great nearby monastery of Glendalough and the making of treasures like the Book of Kells; the extraordinary career of Brian Boru; the trickery of Henry II, which gave England its first foothold in Medieval Ireland. The stage is then set for the great conflict between the English kings and the princes of Ireland, and the disastrous Irish invasion of England, which incurred the wrath of Henry VIII and where this book, the first of the two part Dublin Saga, draws to a close, as the path of Irish history takes a dramatic and irrevocable turn.
Rich, colorful and impeccably researched, THE PRINCES OF IRELAND is epic entertainment spun by a master.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 與愛爾蘭主要的史學家一起緊密合作，作者愛德華·拉瑟塞福（Edward Rutherfurd）在《愛爾蘭王子》一書中講述了愛爾蘭一千一百年的一個宏偉史詩。
在一段令人難為的序幕開場白，在（愛爾蘭）博因河，時間停止的紐格萊奇墓的地方，作者開始講述了一段 Conall和擁有着一對碧眼的Deirdre的悲慘愛情故事，一部分政治恐怖因素，一部分來自故事本身的恐懼氣氛 -在Tara國王的異教統治時期，徳魯伊德教憎侶教士和聖帕特里克的傳說起源之時。他們的後裔O’Byrnes和MacGowans， Harolds， Doyles， Walshes和Tides，在我們的這部史詩巨作中經歷着勝利，危險，和失敗，帶領我們領略當時的北歐海盜維京人，他們修建了向凱爾斯書的珍貴宗教文檔資料，（愛爾蘭國王）布賴恩·博茹的輝煌王朝，以及最後英王的欺騙而隕落的愛爾蘭樞密院。
通過英國統治下的都柏林，英國和愛爾蘭长期以来的文化冲突，“出格”狂放的生活方式，Fitzgeralds和伯頓之間的陰謀。故事也籍此到達了宗教改革的高潮時段-，只有當愛爾蘭人試圖侵略英國之後，亨利八世才粉碎了‘希爾肯·湯瑪斯’ Fitzgerald的進攻，而神聖的聖帕特里克也隨之灰飛煙滅。
德魯伊教和首領，修道士和走私販，貴婦和農婦，手藝人和孤兒，反叛者和懦夫 — 《愛爾蘭王子》在這部充滿着悲劇和光榮色彩的激動人心的故事裏，生動再現了低於人文的精髓。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 愛德華·拉瑟塞福（Edward Rutherfurd）出生在英國的薩利市。 在當地的劍橋和加州的斯坦福大學的就讀，他研究政治，並銷售和出版了這方面的許多書籍。經過數次努力創作和劇本寫作之後，1983年他最後摒棄了他的圖書事業，並且回到他童年的家鄉，著手撰寫《塞勒姆/SARUM》，一篇講述一萬年歷史故事的小說，書中涉足了薩利的巨石陣古址。四年後，當書出版時，立即成為一部國際暢銷書，在《紐約時代暢銷書榜》駐留了23周之久。從那以後他撰寫了五部多暢銷書：《RUSSKA》，是一部關於俄國的小說; 《倫敦》; 《森林》描述了在緊挨在塞勒姆的英國的一處新森林，而二部報導愛爾蘭故事的小說，講述了（愛爾蘭傳說中的守護者）聖帕特里克之前的時代20世紀的歷史。2009年作者發表了《紐約》，目前他正在醞釀另一本大的小說。 他的作品已被譯成二十種語言在世界各地銷售。EDWARD RUTHERFURD was born in Salisbury, England, and educated at Cambridge
University and Stanford University in California. His first bestselling novel, Sarum, is based on the history of Salisbury and Stonehenge. Russka, his second novel, recounted the sweeping history of Russia. London tells the two-thousand-year story of the great city, bringing all of the richness of London’s past unforgettably to life. His last novel, The Forest, was set in England’s ancient New Forest. A former resident of London and New York City, Edward Rutherfurd has had a home in Dublin for more than ten years. He has two children.
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