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Bisto Book of the Year - Best emerging children's writer (1991)
Celtic (children)
Historical Biography (children)
Book Details:
Price:
€7.95
Binding: pb
Pages: 160
Size: 196x130 mm
ISBN-10 0-86278-230-9
ISBN-13 978-0-86278-230-6
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Rights held:
World, all languages.
Rights sold:
Canada
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USA
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Blue Flag: For readers aged 10+
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Illustrated by Donald Teskey
This internationally best-selling author, winner of many awards in adult historical fiction, now turns her hand to historical fiction for children with a personalised account of the life of Brian Boru, from his childhood in the midst of a large warrior family to his final role as High King of Ireland.
'A life full of battles, intrigues, alliances and betrayals, which make a stirring tale told in realistic detail'. The Irish Times
The Author Speaks
Morgan Llywelyn describes the adventure of writing historical fiction:
Links
Morgan's personal website
Wikipedia page about Morgan
Teaching Resources: free to view and download
Teaching guide from O'Brien Teaching Guides Collection 2
Teaching ideas for fifth class from O'Brien Reading Programme
List of all available resources
Problems viewing resources? You will need a PDF file reader, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader,
which is available free from
Adobe.
Praise for Brian Boru
'One of the choices one makes in writing a book about history is that of deciding what to leave out. We all tend to fall in love with our research ... In Brian Boru I tried to tell children what they would like to know about the man and his time. If I have succeeded, when they are older some of them will investigate him further. They will not feel cut off from their past but will think of it as an exciting place and of Brian Boru as a real person.' The author writing in Children's Books in Ireland
'Rare indeed is it to find in such a book a clear sense of history, researched impeccably and written in a style which I can only describe as compulsively readable ... Fascinating details of life in Ireland 1000 years ago are interwoven in an ingenious way throughout the story.' Woman's Way
'Morgan Llewelyn has a tough and compelling style which makes this a really good read.' Cavan Leader
'A life full of battles, intrigues, alliances and betrayals, which make a stirring tale told in realistic detail.' The Irish Times
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