The Tale of Kathleen Laoghaire

By P. F Kosak

The Tale of Kathleen Laoghaire is an epic fantasy poem, with a beautiful Princess, an evil Queen a valiant hero and a ferocious dragon

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Aug 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781291977004

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The Tale of Kathleen Laoghaire

The Tale of Kathleen Laoghaire

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Albion House Publishing

Cover design, interior design and all illustration work by John W Henson unless otherwise stated. Final preparation for press by Albion House Publishers. Bournemouth, Dorset. UK

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© 2014 Paulette F Kosak

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ISBN: 978-1-291-97700-4

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To My Dearest Sam

With all my heart

True love never fails

True love ever lasts

Love The Conqueror, Border Copy copy

Acknowledgements

My deep appreciation and thanks to John W. Henson for his astounding design and art for the cover of The Tale of Kathleen Laoghaire and for the stunning illustrations he provided for this book. They are an integral part of the story-telling.  John also styled the book layout and font theme. His talents and the care he has put into formatting this work have been invaluable to me!

Thank you to my fellow poets who have over the years provided much needed critiques as I worked to perfect this epic poem. It has always been and will always be my joy to share words with each of you!

The site administrators of some of the best poetry forums on the web have been stalwart supporters of this writer for many years. Thank you Kenny from Soul Asylum, Daveda from Poetry with Passion, Pat with Poetry Alliance and Martin from Poets for Integrity, your support and friendship have meant and continue to mean so very much to me!

My love and gratitude go out to my family and many dear friends for believing in me, for believing in my talent and for understanding how obsessively focused writers can be at times. I want you to know your patience has never gone un-noticed. 

Blessings to you all my dear ones!

Paulette

Foreword

Paulette Kosak, what can one say, that she is talented,

that she is a gifted artist and writer. Yes she is all of

these things but she is so much more. she writes of an

age gone by, an age of the past as it should have been

but never was, or was it? you are never sure as you

become immersed in her words and drawn into her world.

She is a modern writer, yes! but her soul is old

she could easily be writing as a contemporary of Mallory

or Monmouth as they relate their tales of Arthur, a melding

of Lord Dunsany and Tennyson if you will.

'The Tale of Kathleen Laoghaire' is a classic example of her talent.

It is a roller coaster of emotion. The evil queen, Moraig, the

manipulator. Her amorous consort Garamonde an untrustworthy

lecher who's designs on the heroine are only too clear.

The brooding magnificent dragon Theron the embodiment of

malice dwelling on percieved wrongs inflicted on him in

times past. He carries a grudge and a thirst for revenge that makes

him blind to the fact that he is being used as a weapon of evil.

Into this maelstrom of ancient intrigue and hatred come the two

lovers Kathleen and Conall. Bound by their royal houses at birth,

they are now estranged by circumstances and know only, each

that the other carries a magical talisman of protection and that

when the two are joined, the magic of true love shall be theirs.

The tale is about this path to true love and an arduous one

it is. With evil and betrayal at every turn and a great proud

dragon to be fought.

At the root of this tale is a deep understanding. We all know

these characters in reality. The evil, manipulative one that will

do anything and resort to any form of trickery to get what they

want and bend others to their will. The lustful one that will not

take no for an answer. We all have our dragons to defeat,

conquering our inner fears to fight against the odds and how often

is a character involved that