Description:
Historically authentic, "The Chronicles of Iona: Exile" plunges the reader into the world of sixth-century Scotland and Ireland, the veritable Dark Ages-a world on the brink of either collapse or creation, poised between myth and history.
Brief description: Paula de Fougerolles has a Ph.D. from the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge, and has taught and published in the field. She has lived and traveled extensively throughout Scotland and Ireland, including a prestigious year-long Thomas J. Watson Fellowship in which she criss-crossed Europe in search of the physical remains of the so-called 'Dark Ages'--research which ultimately led to this award-winning historical fiction series.
Review Quotes:
"While the term 'epic' is too often casually bandied about, there is no doubt that this series is deserving of that epithet. With elegant and lyrical writing, de Fougerolles has composed a thrilling and fast-paced journey that ... will appeal to fans of Bernard Cornwell, George R.R. Martin and any who enjoy stories of King Arthur or the Dark Ages." ForeWord Clarion Reviews
"Vivid, brutal and beautiful." Kirkus Reviews
"Probably the best book on the Dark Ages I've read, certainly the best informed." Simon Young, author of 'A.D. 500' and 'Farewell to Britannia'