Dublin: Foundation
# Dublin: Foundation

Dublin: Foundation (2004) (also known in North America as The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga or sometimes simply Dublin) is a novel by Edward Rutherfurd first published in 2004 by Century Hutchinson and then by Seal Books and Doubleday Canada.

It is a work of historical fiction and centers on a number of families and their descendants in and around the area of Ireland that is now Dublin. It begins in AD 430 with the love affair of a prince (Conall) and the daughter of an Irish chief (Deirdre) from the area of Dubh Linn . It concludes in AD 1533, with the disappearance of the Staff of Saint Patrick. Historical characters include Saint Patrick, Brian Boru, Strongbow, and King John of England, among others.

## Chapters

* Prologue - Emerald Sun
* Dubh Linn (AD 430)
* Tara (AD 430)
* Patrick (AD 450)
* Vikings (AD 981)
* Brian Boru (AD 999)
* Strongbow (AD 1167)
* Dalkey (AD 1370)
* The Pale (AD 1487)
* Silken Thomas (AD 1533)

## Publishing history

* 2004, UK, century Hutchinson (ISBN 978-0-7126-8000-4) 4 March 2004, hardback, (First edition)
* 2004, USA, Doubleday (ISBN 978-0-385-50286-3), pub date ? March 2004, hardback (as The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
* 2004, Canada, Doubleday Canada (ISBN 978-0385659062), pub date ? March 2004, hardback (as The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
* 2004, Canada, Random House Large Print Publishing (ISBN 978-0375433016), pub date ? March 2004, large print hardback (as The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
* 2005, UK, Arrow Books (ISBN 978-0099279082), Pub date 5 May 2005, paperback (as Dublin)
* 2005, USA, Ballantine Books (ISBN 978-0-345-47235-9), Pub date ? March 2005, paperback (as The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
* 2006, USA, Seal Books (ISBN 978-0-7704-2907-2), Pub date ? ? 2006, paperback (as The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
