Prince Brian Boru, Future King of Ireland
A Historical Novel, Written by Anne Dean
In this sweeping historical novel, the live of Brian Boru is traced from his childhood as the youngest son of a deposed clan king. From fleeing the destruction of his home with his older brothers to rebuilding their village in the shadows of fierce Viking raiders, scheming rival clans, and tenuous allies, Brian grows as his brother’s warrior prince.
Bloody medieval battles, political marriages, infidelity, and love forge the complex man who must challenge his own brother for the leadership of the clan. Unifying the bloody-minded, revenge-seeking factions of the southern parts of Ireland is the first step toward a remarkable goal – someday unifying the entire island and driving out the invading Norsemen.
…”Well-researched and atmospheric… Gripping!”
– Dr. Darren McGettigan
Irish Historian & Author
About the Book:
“Neither of us are set on murdering the other. We have our own special ways of wounding each other.” So says tenth century Irish king-to-be, PRINCE BRIAN BORU, not of his greatest sworn enemy, but of his closest kin, his older brother, King Mahon, overlord of Munster kingdom.
History may paint Brian as a ruthlessly ambitious warrior, but Anne Dean makes a strong case in Far Side of Revenge that Brian was at the end of the day a peace seeker, who believed the path to lasting peace was turning enemies to friends, not corpses.
Brian faced many obstacles, but none so great as Mahon, always king before Brian and a traditionalist who believed the path to power was through the sword. Theirs was a high stakes sibling rivalry that played out inside their fortress walls, within a family as dysfunctional as that of Hamlet Prince of Denmark.
“Familial intrigues and political scheming that shaped Ireland a thousand years ago remain eerily relevant today.”
– Ross West
Author of The Fragile Blue Dot