pickAn interesting novel centered around a meeting between Queen Elizabeth I and Grace O'Malley, Irish pirate queen. There's also a lot about Elizabeth's late-in-life favorite, Essex, and the wars and clashes in 16th century Ireland. The structure is odd - much of it is a monologue by O'Malley- but I enjoyed learning about the period. #HistoricalFiction #Ireland #Tudors
#LitsySpringBreak #Ireland
#WindsOrSpring #StPatricksDay
#Pirate 🏴☠️ Grace O‘Malley
Beautiful poems and songs at the end of this book! One of my favourite parts:
She had strongholds on her headlands
And brave galleys on the sea
And no warlike chief or Viking
E‘er had bolder heart than she
[...]
The armies of Elizabeth
Invaded her on land
Her warships followed on her track
And watched by many a stand
But she swept her foes before her
On the land and on the sea
And the flag of Grace O‘Malley
Waved defiant, proud and free
pickAnother Grace O‘Malley read also by Anne Chambers but this one is more substantial than her other, shorter one.
Whilst this did have some grammatical errors, I loved the detail and honesty of sources and it was nice to be able to delve deeper into Grace‘s story.
pickAnother reread of a very quick book I haven‘t read for a few years! I love Grace O‘Malley‘s story so much and it was lovely to read again some of the incredible things she did which I had forgotten!
panI may not be into the stories from later in Elizabeth‘s life, but I definitely thought this book was extremely boring. It was definitely hard to get through.
“But we will not be broken. And sooner or later the dreamer will awaken and there will be hell to pay!”__ Grace O‘Malley
