A deftly written history that reads as smoothly as a novel.
This fascinating survey explores the personalitie.
A thousand years have passed since the Battle of Clontarf, a turning point in Irish history in which two centuries of strife between Irish kings and Vikings climaxed in a fateful conflict in the swamps of Dublin. -- Midwest Book Review In life, the eleventh-century Irish king Brian Boru held the Vikings at bay; in death, he remains a towering presence in history and legend.
A deftly written history that reads as smoothly as a novel