Kirkus has given “The Chronicles of Iona: Exile” a great review. THE CHRONICLES OF IONA: EXILE This historical novel set in sixth-century Scotland relates the struggles of St. Columba to establish his monastery and of Aedan mac Gabran to gain a kingship. In 563, Columba, an exiled abbot (and future saint), arrives with his monks…
Category: Historical Fiction
ForeWord Clarion: The Chronicles of Iona: Exile gets 5 STARS (out of 5)
ForeWord Clarion Review HISTORICAL FICTION The Chronicles of Iona: Exile Paula de Fougerolles Careswell Press 978-0-615-60254-7 Five Stars (out of Five) “Iona is not a place one visits on a whim,” says a burly Scottish warlord to the Irish abbot who plans to colonize the isle. “Beset by vile storms” and surrounded by even viler…
Here’s the cover of “The Chronicles of Iona, Exile”, coming June 2012.
Here is the cover of my book, The Chronicles of Iona: Exile, on its way in June. The map detail of the Irish Sea, Argyll and the Isles, and Strathclyde is from Scotiae Tabula by Abraham Ortelius in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1592-1606). The map, which I have always loved, hangs on the wall in my study—a…
“The Chronicles of Iona: Exile”: coming soon to a virtual bookstore near you …
… as near to you, that is, as your nearest computer, or tablet, or Kindle, or Nook, or Sony e-reader, or what-have-you. Because, in a few short weeks, The Chronicles of Iona: Exile, my historical fiction novel about the two men who “founded” Scotland in the sixth century, the saint Columba and the warlord Aedan mac…
