The Irish Princess, Elizabeth Chadwick
The Irish Princess, Elizabeth Chadwick
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The Irish Princess

Author: Elizabeth Chadwick

Narrator: Aoife McMahon

Unabridged: 16 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/14/2024


Synopsis

Her father’s only daughter. Her country’s only hope.

Ireland, 1152
The King of Leinster, awaiting news of his newborn child, is disappointed to hear he has a daughter. Diarmait MacMurchada wanted another strapping son to shoulder a spear, wield a sword, and protect his kingdom. But from the moment Diarmait held the newborn Aoife knew she would be his most precious treasure.

1166
Forced into exile, Aoife and her family find themselves at the mercy of Henry II. Aoife—aware of her beauty but not its power—intrigues and beguiles Henry in equal measure. For Aoife he agrees to help her father, an alliance that leads the MacMurchadas to the charismatic Richard de Clare, a man dissatisfied with his lot and open to new horizons.

Diarmit promises Richard Aoife’s hand in marriage in return for his aid in Ireland, but Aoife has her own thoughts on the matter. She may be a prize, but she is not a pawn, and she will play the men at their own game. For herself, for her family, and for her country.

From the royal halls of scheming kings, to staunch Welsh border fortresses and the wild green kingdoms of Ireland, The Irish Princess is a sumptuous, journey of ambition and desire, love and loss, heartbreak and survival.

About Elizabeth Chadwick

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick lives in a cottage in the Vale of Belvoir in Nottinghamshire with her husband and their four dogs. Her first novel, The Wild Hunt, won a Betty Trask Award, To Defy a King won the Romantic Novelist Association's Historical Novel Prize and The Scarlet Lion was nominated by Richard Lee - founder of the Historical Novel Society - as one of the top ten historical novels of the last decade. She often lectures at conferences and historical venues, has been consulted for television documentaries and is a member of the Royal Historical Society.Keep in touch with Elizabeth via her website, her blogs or on social media.www.elizabethchadwick.comtwitter: @chadwickauthorfacebook: ElizabethChadwick


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

This is a fierce contender for my novel of the year. It completely immerses the reader in these lives lived so long ago. It's an incredible story, extremely well-researched and very, very moving. Elizabeth Chadwick is a master at putting us in the room with these people. There is so much vivid colou......more

Goodreads review by Helen

Yes, the names of the characters are difficult for non-Irish speakers to get their tongues and heads around; yes Aoife MacMurchada is a princess few people outside (even inside!) Ireland have heard of - but yes, this is an absorbing and brilliantly written novel. Although few readers of historical f......more

It has been ages since I read my last Chadwick! I wasn't a fan of he E of A books, so I stopped. But then I noticed a new one, and another new one, and I had to try again. I have missed her books, they are always filled with details and she brings out people you would never read about otherwise. And......more

Goodreads review by Mela

At the historical level, it was interesting and well-researched, as ever with the author. I didn't know how (in a way) started English dominance in Ireland - complex and fascinating and so many things could have happened differently. Yet, as a story about characters (and as a love story), it was weak......more