<p>makes <em>Game of Thrones</em> seem tame … Llewelyn’s account is one of the most readable and dramatic on the subject you will read. She brings the complexities of the Irish chieftain and inheritance systems to life and shows us how decisive the famous battle turned out to be</p>

- Irish Voice,

<p>impeccably researched … written with the kind of immediacy that brings events to life and draws the reader into the action</p>

- The Irish Echo,

<p>a welcome addition to the literature prompted by the millennial anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf … a most readable account of the famous battle … the author brings to life as never before the Battle of Clontarf and the circumstances surrounding it … it remains the most accessible narrative to date of one of the most famous battles in Irish history</p>

- The Irish Catholic,