The Chronicles of Saint Patrick: The Captivitypopulates the obscure terrain of fifth-century Ireland with vividly imagined characters who give vibrant life to what little we can know with certainty about this land almost beyond the reach of history. Drawing on Roman history, the writings of Greeks and Romans about the Celts, Saint Patrick's own account of his youth, and medieval Irish reconstructions of their motherland's past, The Chronicles of Saint Patrick: The Captivityweaves an intricate and irresistible Celtic knot of a tale.