Doomed
to Die
Death has been forecast . . .
'Your father will die in the battle at
Dublin,' said the old woman flatly. 'He will die at a place called
Clontarf.
Meanwhile in Drumshee the beautiful young
Nessa prayed for her father, her older brother, Lochlann, and her
beloved Fintan.
What
did the old woman see in the fire after the Viking had left her?
Whose name did
Lochlann of Drumshee hear in the banshee's cry?
What deadly fate did
the raven, the bird of the Viking god Odin, forecast?
Who lived and who
died at Clontarf on Good Friday 1014?
Cora Harrison writes:
The
Viking at Drumshee was one of my most popular books and many people
have asked for a sequel.
This book deals with the lives of Lochlann and Nessa, the
grandchildren of Ivar the Viking.
Like their grandfather, both of them are Viking in looks with
primrose coloured hair and blue eyes.
‘Doomed to Die’ deals with the Battle of Clontarf in
1014 where the Irish won a great victory over the Vikings but at a
terrible price as King Brian Boru, high king of all Ireland was killed
after the battle.
I have often wondered about Brodar, the murderer of Brian Boru, and
this story tells what happened to him.
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