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J.S. Dunn

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J. S. Dunn resided in Ireland during the past decade, and from there pursued early Bronze Age culture along the Atlantic coasts of Spain, France, Wales, and Ireland. J. S. has poured a bronze sword in Cornwall and explored a prehistoric mine in Asturias among other adventures! Numerous archaeologists and experts vetted the details of BENDING THE BOYNE. The author wanted all sites and ancient objects to be as accurate as possible.

Ireland's first gold rush at 2200 BCE! BENDING THE BOYNE is a debut novel and won the Next Generation Indie Award for historical fiction, 2011. Finalist, ForeWord Book Of The Year Award (historical fiction, 2012). For its cover, see the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/BendingTheBoyne
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	Bending The Boyne: A novel of ancient Ireland 3.68 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Connery The Great 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaslight (Golden Light Anthologies, #3) by T.K. Richardson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Susan Sundwall (Goodreads Author), Emily Ann Loveall (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleepstalker: House of the Three Moons [alt art edition] by J.S. Dunn (Goodreads Author), Mark Lawrence (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crowe Memorandum: Sir Eyre Crowe and Foreign Office Perceptions of Germany, 1918-1925 (English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi and Korean Edition) by J.S. Dunn (2012) Hardcover 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“S a chomharsana cléibhe, fliuchaigí bhur mbéal / So, my bosom friends, drown your thirst Mar ní bhfaighidh sibh aon bhraon i ndiaidh bhur mbáis / As you won’t get a drop at all after you’re dead From: Bunan Bui, Cathal Mac Ghiolla Ghunna, 17th Century CE”
― J.S. Dunn, BENDING THE BOYNE: A novel of ancient Ireland

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“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.”
― Ovid, Heroides

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes. Then there is the business of surprise. I never know what is coming next. The phrase that sounds in the head changes when it appears on the page. Then I start probing it with a pen, finding new meanings. Sometimes I burst out laughing at what is happening as I twist and turn sentences. Strange business, all in all. One never gets to the end of it. That’s why I go on, I suppose. To see what the next sentences I write will be.”
― Gore Vidal

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“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.”
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

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