# Morgan Llywelyn's "Bard"

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**Created:** [August 7, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-llywelyns-bard/122789 "2002-08-07T16:04:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-llywelyns-bard/122789/1 "2002-08-07T16:04:08Z")

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After weeks of off and on reading because, well, I still haven’t quite developed the habit properly, I’ve finally finished _Bard_ today, and it was absolutely wonderful. I just started reading for fun in the past year, and the majority of what I read is fantasy, but I’ve discovered a new joy in “historical fiction” a while back with _Honor and Duty_, and this book is another example of why this type of storytelling is so good.

I know a little bit about Irish myth and history to know some of the story, and it was definitely nice to see that a lot of research went into this book. It was a great story of brotherhood, desire, and searching for one’s place in the world and longing. And it did a great job (in my opinion) of presenting the mythology of the Celts conquest of Ireland in a believable, yet mystic way.

Typically, I lose interest in a book after the first fifteen pages, so the fact I enjoyed reading every one of it’s 458 pages says something of the book. Has anyone else read it? What did you think? And also, is there a sequel to it? I know a bit of the legend, so the war at the end was no suprise, but the very end with Amergin and Eremon really left me hanging.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-llywelyns-bard/122789/2 "2002-08-07T19:08:42Z")

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I have loved everything I’ve read by Morgan Llywelyn. Check out Lion of Ireland if you get a chance. I notice that there are also a couple of historical novels I haven’t read yet- _1916- A Novel of the Irish Rebellion_, _1921- A Book of the Irish Century_. and then there’s _A Pocket History of Irish Rebels_ and a neat looking study of Finn MacCool.

Check out amazon for a ton of ideas!

Enjoy!!!