| Dublin: Foundation (US title The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga) | |
| Author: | Edward Rutherfurd |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Dublin Saga |
| Genre: | Historical novel |
| Publisher: | Century Hutchinson |
| Pub Date: | 4 March 2004 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 804 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| Isbn: | 0-7126-8000-4 |
| Isbn Note: | (first edition, hardback) |
| Oclc: | 54507587 |
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.
. Dublin: Foundation . Edward Rutherfurd . Century Hutchinson . London . 1st . 4 March 2004 . 0-7126-8000-4 .