DEIRDRE

by Madeleine Polland ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1967

Deirdre, her sorrows foretold at her birth, has haunted generations of Irish storytellers. The tragedy--was it fate?... the king's lust for her beauty?... the insufficiency of Naoise' love?--is treated with rending compassion by Madeleine Polland in this expanded version. Deirdre as a charming, carefree child, as a listless maiden in her lovely prison, enjoying brief, splendid happiness with Naoise and his brothers, the three sons of Usna, facing treachery and ugly death--a memorable heroine in a beautiful legend, strongly and sensitively retold.

Pub Date: April 1, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION