Deirdre: A Celtic Legend [Paperback]

David Guard (Author), Gretchen Guard (Illustrator), Tricycle Press (Technical Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 3, 1993 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

According to this ancient legend, at her birth, a wise Druid foretold that Deirdre's beauty would tear Ulster apart.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Tricycle Press; 2nd edition (August 3, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883672058
• ISBN-13: 978-1883672058
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,803,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Le roi triste s'en moque des coeurs qu'il brise, January 14, 2004

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This review is from: Deirdre: A Celtic Legend (Paperback)

Par ses illustrations et par son recit simple et vif, l'auteur David Guard, musicien du Trio Kingston des 1950s, nous explique pourquoi le conte de la reine irlandaise la plus reconnue nous attire une vingtaine de siecles apres sa mort. La courageuse rentre chez elle, de l'exile heureux en Ecosse, pour que le massacre de son amant avec les autres fils heroiques d'Uisnach reste oppose, temoigne et lamente. Elle veut que les ecossais soit protege de la vengeance du mari qu'elle n'aurait pas du epouser, le roi Conchobar macNessa. Elle veut que les traditions et le peuple irlandais survivent a la tyrannie de ce roi gros, fou, egoiste et cruel. L'auteur nous dit que la reine Deirdre en sait et en comprend de tout, meme les echecs et les insectes! Cela m'interesse puisque l'auteur contemporain Annie Dillard nous ecrit, dans A PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK, que ceux qui comprennent les insectes - tellement agacants, nombreux et repandus - comprennent le tout de l'univers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Sad King Doesn't Care Whose Heart He Breaks, July 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Deirdre: A Celtic Legend (Paperback)

David Guard's musical background shows in the angrily, bravely, happily and tragically dancing drawings and text of DEIRDRE: A CELTIC LEGEND. The former Kingston Trio member makes it clear why this story has gone through so many retellings: the skilled chess-playing daughter of Elva and storytelling harper Fedlimid macDall, Queen Deirdre returned from a seven-year exile so that her lover's murder with the other heroic sons of Uisnach would be opposed, witnessed and mourned; the old ways would not be forgotten; the people of Scotland would be safe from her husband, Red Branch Chief and Ulster High King Conchobar macNessa; and the suffering would end among her people in Ireland. I find it interesting that the author included understanding insects when talking about how much Deirdre knew: Annie Dillard says in PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK that the key to figuring out life might be in understanding bugs. The beautifully simple book, along with the song "Deirdre" on the Beach Boy's "Sunflower/Surf's Up" album, can help readers tackle Randy Lee Eickhoff's THE RAID, THE FEAST, and THE SORROWS; Morgan Llywelyn's RED BRANCH; and the classic versions of DEIRDRE by James Stephens, John M. Synge, and William Butler Yeats.