title: The Book of Kells: Forty-eight pages and details in color from the manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin
author: Brown Peter
description: John Thornburn is an artist, mild-mannered and nonviolent. To make ends meet, he teaches some courses in Celtic design. And although his background is half Micmac Indian, he lives in Ireland for two reasons: his far more confrontational and warrior-like girlfriend, Derval OKeane, and his fascination with the beautiful illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells. But hes about to take a journey to a far more distant place, one that he could not have imagined. Along with Derval, John will find himself in an ancient Celtic realm, where a Viking attack begs to be avenged and a fantasticand sometimes terrifyingadventure awaits . . . From a master of magical fantasy, the author of the Damiano Trilogy and a winner of the John W. Campbell Award, this is a tale of warriors, love, danger, and Irish history that will cast a spell on anyone who dreams of discovering treasures in long-lost worlds.
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  This digital edition published in Great Britain in 2012 by Canongate Books,  
  
  
  14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
  
  
  
  
  
  Introduction copyright © Colm Tóibín, 2012
  
  
  
  
  
  The moral right of the author has been asserted
  
  
  
  
  
  _Dubliners_ was first published in Great Britain in 1914
  
  
  
  
  
  The Canons editorial board: Ailah Ahmed, Jamie Byng, Liz Calder,  
  
  
  Geoff Dyer, Nick Lezard, John Seaton and Erica Wagner
  
  
  
  
  
  _British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data_  
  
  
  A catalogue record for this book is available on  
  
  
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  ISBN 978 0 85786 496 3
  
  
  
  
  
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  CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction by Colm Tóibín](intro.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Sisters ](chap_01.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [An Encounter ](chap_02.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Araby ](chap_03.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Eveline ](chap_04.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [After the Race ](chap_05.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Two Gallants ](chap_06.html)