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Title: Finn Mac Cool by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0-312-87737-4 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Sweetly Nostalgic and Heroic Tale
Comment: Llywelyn weaves a wonderful tapestry of magic and history in this novel. Finn is brought to life as a real, feeling man while still heroic and larger than life. It's a brisk read and you'll find yourself pulled gently along for hours and you won't even realize it. It would have been easy to portray Finn as a figure of existential angst, not unlike Percival in Hunter's "Percival and the presence of God" (a very good book in it's own right), but Llywelyn allows the magic to manifest for both the reader and Finn so that we are never obliged to be skeptical of what we read. This book has fired me up to read more about Irish myths and legends. Definitely a fine novel!
Rating: 5
Summary: An compelling and accurate retelling of a great Irish legend
Comment: This book continues the tradition Morgan Llywelyn has set with her other books on Irish legend. It brings the legend of Finn Mac Cool alive, interesting and exciting while providing an excellent glimpse into the lives and ways of the Irish during this time.
The story of Finn Mac Cool is one of a young man from one of the lowest classes of Irish society, driven by ambition and strength to rise above his birth and bring to his people new respect and status.
The legend of Finn Mac Cool is full of mythological elements, and Llywelyn incorporates these very well, so that the reader never feels as if they are reading a fantasy adventure.
There are many fascinating conflicts and layers in this book and within Finn Mac Cool himself. Finn's constant battle of wits with the king, his enemies, and the wise but dangerous Goll Mac Morna serve to heighten his inner struggles over race, class, and success.
For the casual reader, this book will serve as a rousing tale of Irish lore. For the more serious reader, or lover of Irish history, it will serve as a fascinating character study and glimpse into Irish past.
Rating: 4
Summary: Legend Turned Man
Comment: Finn MacCool is a man with the life of a warrior, the heart of a lover, and the soul of a poet. Morgan Llywelyn writes the story of a man as well as a legend. Characters based on legends tend to be untouchable, but Llywelyn does a fantastic job of blending the legend and the man together. Finn MacCool will, without a doubt make you laugh, make you cry, and leave you with a peaceful meloncholy. It would be hard to find anyone that can not in some way identify with MacCool.
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Title: Brian Boru: Emperor of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0812544617 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Last Prince of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0812579135 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Red Branch by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 080410591X Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0812585151 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn ISBN: 0812553993 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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