Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf

by Seán Duffy

Book Overview

Brian Boru is the most famous Irish person before the modern era, whose death at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 is one of the few events in the whole of Ireland's medieval history to retain a place in the popular imagination. This book proposes a far-reaching reassessment of Brian Boru and Clontarf. It offers a new interpretation of the role of the Vikings in Irish affairs and explains how Brian emerged from obscurity to attain the high-kingship of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717162079
• ISBN13: 9780717162079
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Gill Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.4"