Moreover, the representations of Celtic folklore in her environmental fantasy, The Elementals (1993) shall be explained.

The aim of this study is first to give biographical information about Morgan Llywelyn along with the manifestations of her Celtic identity. Llywelyn's stories are set in different time frames and they are historically accurate in terms of main events and characters. In addition to her novels, she has short stories and non-fiction works. She discovered her nation's ancient roots through strenuous efforts of historical research and wrote them down blending fact and fiction by way of processing archeological and historical evidences with her vivid imagination. Her works reflect her national pride and love of her Celtic roots that reach back to Llywelyn the Great. She deals with Celtic history, culture, myth and folklore through her novels. Morgan Llywelyn has written a rich, historically accurate, and passionate novel of divided Ireland - and of one brave woman who is Ireland herself.Morgan Llywelyn, aka Shannon Lewis, who is an exemplary writer of historical fantasy, historical fiction and historical non-fiction started her writing career thanks to her mother's encouragement after a disappointing experience and became a prolific writer. The story of her life is the story of Ireland's fight for solidarity and survival-but it's also the story of Grania's growing ability to love and be strong at the same time. But Grania, aided by Tigernan, her faithful (and secretly adoring) lieutenant, has no choice but to fight back.

For even as Grania rises as her clan's unofficial head and breadwinner and learns to love a man, she enters a lifelong struggle against the English forces of Queen Elizabeth - her nemesis and alter ego.Įlizabeth intends to destroy Grania's piracy and shipping empire-and so subjugate Ireland once and for all. Grania (Gaelic for Grace) is no ordinary female. From Morgan Llywelyn, bestselling author of Lion of Ireland and the Irish Century novels, comes the story of a magnificent, sixteenth-century heroine whose spirit and passion are the spirit and passion of Ireland itself.

Grania is the basis of the new Broadway muscial The Pirate Queen. Here is an extraordinary novel about real-life Irish chieftain Grace O Malley.

Grania by Morgan Llywelyn