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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Magic Cupdi 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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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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. ( )