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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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In medieval Ireland, Theophane's boredom with his duties as a scribe distracts the other monks, but when he is sent to the kitchens he discovers that he can make inks of many colors from plants, allowing the others to illustrate their work. Includes facts about the history of monasteries, scriptoriums, and illuminated manuscripts.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Ireland in the Middle Ages, young Brother Cuthbert, known for making mistakes and giving up easily, is chosen through a miscommunication to serve as scribe for an illuminated manuscript of the Nativity story, through which the Abbot hopes to make the monastery famous.
Author
Series
Dublin saga volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 776 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Author
Language
English
Description
Three men vow to leave the world behind them. They set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them. What they find is the extraordinary island now known as Skellig Michael. Haven has Emma Donoghue's trademark world-building and psychological intensity--but this story is like nothing she has ever written before. In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him...
Author
Series
Princesses of myth volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Iron Age Ireland, Maeve, the fierce, willful youngest daughter of King Eochu of Connacht, is caught in a web of lies after rebelling to avoid fosterage with another highborn family and an arranged marriage.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 307 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Counseling a hostile Irish delegation to the Celtic church of 670 A.D., Fidelma of Cashel is embroiled in a politically tenacious investigation when one of the delegates is found murdered, a case that is complicated by the theft of a priceless reliquary.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st St. Martin's Minotaur ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 306 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sister Fidelma and Brother Eadulf investigate the killing of Abbess Faife and the disappearances of six young women accompanying her on a pilgrimage, looking for a link between these crimes and the bludgeoning death of an aging abbey scholar.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 369 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Surviving a pirate attack during which her cousin and other innocent victims were murdered, Fidelma of Cashel and her faithful companion, Brother Eadulf, pursue clues throughout seventh-century Breton to learn the killer's identity and uncover a sinister adversary.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
x, 368 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murder of an eminent scholar who was robbed of mysterious manuscripts, Sister Fidelma and her companion, Brother Eadulf, are quickly targeted by the same killer in a case that is complicated by divisive personal problems. By the author of The Council of the Cursed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 337 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ireland, A.D. 671. It is the beginning of the summer season and the Kingdom of Muman is preparing to celebrate the Great Fair of Cashel. It is an extravagant nine days of contests, food, and endless entertainment. Circumstances have led Fidelma and Eadulf far and wide across the kingdom, and they have been absent from the Great Fair for many years. But, for once they haven't been called away from Cashel, and are eager to enjoy the festivities - that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Winter, 670 AD. King Colgu has invited the leading nobles and chieftains of his kingdom to a feast day. Fidelma and her companion Eadulf are finally home for an extended stay, and have promised their son Alchu that they'll be able to spend some time together after months of being on the road, investigating crimes. Fidelma and Eadulf are enjoying the feast when it is interrupted by the entrance of a religieux, who claims he has an important message...
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