The King's Prey by Susan Peek6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Peek amplifies tensions and leads her characters into conflict, danger, and excruciatingly painful decisions.Īlthough the words Irish and Catholic seem to be welded together, Dymphna’s story shows her not only as a Christian but a consecrated virgin living in a pagan household. ![]() Like the fog of war, confusion and misinformation plague Dymphna’s escape. She fills in the gaps with a fast moving tale of her companions, especially two brothers, Brioc, her minstrel and Turlough one of her father’s soldiers. Susan Peek stays true to the Lives of the Saints’ outline for St. With the aid of her confessor and a few companions, Dymphna flees across Ireland and eventually reaches Belgium. Terrible but true, Princess Dymphna flees Daemon, her father who, in his madness believes her to be his late wife, Odilla. ![]()
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