Patrick: Son of Ireland - Hardcover

Lawhead, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060012811 ISBN 13: 9780060012816

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2003

Synopsis

Surviving an attack by Irish raiders on his home in Wales, sixteen-year-old Succat is sold into slavery and comes to the attention of a novice Druid who teaches him Irish lore and healing, before Succat, renamed Patrick, goes on to become a bard, a king's advisor, and a patron saint.

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‘An enjoyable, sweeping and often touching tale of bravery’
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‘This is a rip-roaring adventure story; the pace rarely flags. There’s scheming, murder and betrayal aplenty’
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‘A vivid historical setting and a lengthy and satisfying plot’
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From the Back Cover:

In the summer of 405AD, Irish raiders attack the western coast of Wales, carving a fiery swathe through the peaceful countryside. Among the survivors who are rounded up and taken back to Ireland is Succat: an impulsive sixteen-year-old son of a powerful Roman family.

Succat is sold as a slave and put to work tending sheep. Repeated escape attempts lead to ever more brutal and savage beatings, until he comes to the attention of Cormac, a young novice Druid. The two strike up an unlikely friendship and, as Succat learns the ways of the Irish people, he is given a new name by the Druid: Patrick.

With a new name begins Patrick’s new life: he is married, and the two decide to return to his home to claim his inheritance, only to find his father’s estate in ruins. So begins a calamitous journey that will lead him to Tours; see him join the Roman Legion as a soldier; suffer the the horrors of a plague-filled Rome; and thence back to Ireland, where he will embark on a mission for which his name will be remembered throughout history.

In the spirit of Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian cycle, Patrick is a gritty and unsentimental portrait of one of the Western world's great icons, featuring an accurate and compelling rendering of the historical period – an era full of brutal conflict, adventure, turmoil, and visionary inspiration.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060012811
• ISBN 13: 9780060012816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432