Der erste Teil eines fulminanten Romans über die Geschichte und die Menschen Dublins.

Informationen zum Autor Edward Rutherfurd was born in England, in the cathedral city of Salisbury. Educated locally, and at the universities of Cambridge, and Stanford, California, he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. After numerous attempts to write books and plays, he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983, and returned to his childhood home to write Sarum . Four years later, when the book was published, it became an instant international bestseller, remaining 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Since then he has written seven more bestsellers: Russka , a novel of Russia; London ; The Forest , set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum; two novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century; New York ; and Paris . His books have been translated into over twenty languages. Klappentext The first of two books looking at the history of Dublin, and therefore the history of the whole island. Starting from prehistory, the High Kings of Tara, the Viking invasion, the machinations of Henry II and the greed of Henry VIII to the burning of the saints' relics in front of Christchurch cathedral in 1538. Zusammenfassung Edward Rutherfurd's great Irish epic reveals the story of the people of Ireland through the focal point of the island's capital city.

Vorwort
The new epic novel from the bestselling author of Sarum, Russka, London and The Forest

Autorentext

Edward Rutherfurd was born in England, in the cathedral city of Salisbury. Educated locally, and at the universities of Cambridge, and Stanford, California, he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. After numerous attempts to write books and plays, he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983, and returned to his childhood home to write Sarum. Four years later, when the book was published, it became an instant international bestseller, remaining 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Since then he has written seven more bestsellers: Russka, a novel of Russia; London; The Forest, set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum; two novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century; New York; and Paris. His books have been translated into over twenty languages.

Klappentext

The first of two books looking at the history of Dublin, and therefore the history of the whole island. Starting from prehistory, the High Kings of Tara, the Viking invasion, the machinations of Henry II and the greed of Henry VIII to the burning of the saints' relics in front of Christchurch cathedral in 1538.

Zusammenfassung
Edward Rutherfurd's great Irish epic reveals the story of the people of Ireland through the focal point of the island's capital city.