The Chicago Princess

By Thomas Kennedy
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Published: May 27, 2011
Words: 78,527 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458114396

Short description

In ancient Celtic Ireland, the beautiful Princess Fionnuala is changed by a Druid into the ugliest woman imaginable and then thrown by magic into modern-day Chicago. In a city of gang warfare, terrorists and madcap characters she must find a new destiny. And to regain her beauty she must find a true love. Characters from her past pursue her, seeking her secret,the mythological Salmon of Knowledge.

Extended description

The Chicago Princess is a story that moves from a time of Irish folklore to modern-day Chicago.
The mix of this mythological Irish background with contemporary American life is one of the novel’s strengths and provides many instances of humour and contrast.

It follows the adventures of Fionnuala, a beautiful princess transformed into the ugliest women imaginable by the druid Lochlain, before being sent into the future.
In modern Chicago, she encounters madcap characters, such as the crafty Patience, who uses Fionnuala’s powers to make money gambling, and implicates them in gang warfare. She is hunted down by the magical characters from her past, who are searching for the mythological Salmon of Knowledge. In between she is also targeted by the police as a suspect in a terrorist case, and is on a mission to regain her former beauty by finding and receiving a kiss from her one true love.

The tone moves from the seriousness of the prologue to something altogether quicker and more.. (Read more) The Chicago Princess is a story that moves from a time of Irish folklore to modern-day Chicago.
The mix of this mythological Irish background with contemporary American life is one of the novel’s strengths and provides many instances of humour and contrast.

It follows the adventures of Fionnuala, a beautiful princess transformed into the ugliest women imaginable by the druid Lochlain, before being sent into the future.
In modern Chicago, she encounters madcap characters, such as the crafty Patience, who uses Fionnuala’s powers to make money gambling, and implicates them in gang warfare. She is hunted down by the magical characters from her past, who are searching for the mythological Salmon of Knowledge. In between she is also targeted by the police as a suspect in a terrorist case, and is on a mission to regain her former beauty by finding and receiving a kiss from her one true love.

The tone moves from the seriousness of the prologue to something altogether quicker and more irreverent as the novel progresses.
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Tags

chicago, detective, irish, druid, romance and adventure, women love, irish myth and legends, irish legends, women fiction, irish american, women in fantasy, women humor fiction, magic adventure, romance and fantasy

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