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King Arthur and Queen Guenevere - Tristan and Isolde
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Guinevere: On the Eve of Legend
Cheryl Carpinello
At the dawn of Camelot, one young girl is about to take
her place beside the greatest king in England's history.
At twelve, she must put childish things away and accept
greater responsibilities - all in preparation for a
betrothal of marriage. |
The
Silurian Book One The Fox and The Bear
Author: L.A. Wilson; Buy New: $17.01
King Uther Pendragon.
Set entirely in the Dark Ages of post-Roman Britain, The
Silurian is the story of King Arthur told in a way that has
never been told before; a first person narrative spoken in grim
detail by Prince Bedwyr, The Fox. He tells honestly of his life
with Arthur, of warriors who live in Dark Age war-bands,
committed to their commanders and wielding swords that break.
The story begins in Book One, The Fox and the Bear, when Arthur
is fifteen and Bedwyr sixteen. Arthur has just won a huge battle
against the mighty Jutes, Hengist and Horsa, and in doing so,
will change the face of British history. And yet this is as much
Bedwyr's story as Arthur's - for the Prince of Dogfeiling does
not always find life with the Wonder-boy, Arthur, easy to deal
with; and army life is killing him slowly ... Not in Nls. |
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The House of Pendragon |
The
Firebrand: The House Of Pendragon, Book I
Author: Debra A. Kemp; Buy New: $17.00
Although sired by the Pendragon, fate damns Lin to wear
the slave collar of her half-brother Modred. Robbed of
identity, she clings to dignity until freedom restores her
birthright. Not in NLS. |
The
Recruit: The House Of Pendragon, Book II
Author: Debra A. Kemp; Buy New: $17.00
King Arthur's daughter, Lin, wants more than a life of
weaving and gossip. Rejected and misunderstood by her
mother, the Queen, Lin turns to her father for acceptance by
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The Camulod Chronicles |
The
Skystone
Author: Jack Whyte; Buy New: $14.35
Set in post-Roman, Dark Age, Britain,
this novel tells the story of King Arthur from the viewpoint of
Prince Bedwyr, The Fox. It is a grim, detailed story of war,
battles, and the struggle for power.
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The
Singing Sword
Author: Jack Whyte; Buy New: $10.85
Sequel to The Skystone, continues the
story of Publius Varrus and his wife Luceiia as they strive to
uphold law and order and a crude hill-fort that will one day,
long after their deaths, become the glory that was known as
Camelot.
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The
Lance Thrower
Author: Jack Whyte; Buy New: $7.99
Clothar, The Lance Thrower, whom the
chroniclers would later dub Lancelot, is sent from his
war-ravaged land of Gaul to aid another young man with a
magnificent destiny—Arthur Pendragon. But the dream they build
together is too perfect to last, and the love they share with
one special woman may destroy them all and everything they have
worked for.
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The Sorcerer
Author: Jack Whyte; Buy New: $6.99
Sorcerer Merlyn Britannicus has but
one goal, to see young Arthur Pendragon become High King of
Britain. When Arthur pulls the sword from the stone Destiny is
fulfilled and Britain is now united, and nothing will ever be
the same again.
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The
Saxon Shore
Author: Jack Whyte; Buy New: $7.99
When Uther Pendragon dies, sorcerer
Merlyn Brittannicus adopts his young son Arthur and begins to
prepare him for his destiny—to unite the warring tribes of
Britain and become High King.
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The
Eagles' Brood
Author: Jack Whyte; Buy New: $6.99
The story of Merlyn and his cousin
Uther Pendragon and their tireless quest to unite Britain and
stave off the encroaching Romans.
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The
Fort at River's Bend
Author: Jack Whyte; Buy New: $10.85
After a failed assassination attempt,
Merlyn takes his young charge Arthur away from Camulod to an
abandoned Roman fort and begins molding him into a warrior and
future leader of men.
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Uther
Author: Jack Whyte; Buy New: $7.99
A realistic portrait of Uther
Pendragon, future sire of King Arthur, his close-knit friendship
with Merlyn and his love for a woman he could not have.
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The
Eagle
Author: Jack Whyte; Buy New: $7.99
The entwined stories of Arthur,
Guinevere, and Clothar (later known as Lancelot) and the dream
they dreamed together and the love that almost destroyed them
and everything they believed in.
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Beloved
Exile
Author: Parke Godwin; Buy New: $14.00
After Arthur’s death, Guinevere struggles
to defend the empire, but traitors surround her at every turn.
When an act of treachery changes her from queen to servant will
a bold Saxon unaware of her true identity turn the tide to
victory?
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Guinevere's
Gift
Author: Nancy Mckenzie; Buy New: $11.99
A young adult novel about 13 year-old
Guinevere and a prophecy made on the night of her birth that
foretold she would one day be the greatest lady in the land. A
meeting with a strange young man in the forest and a sinister
plot may be the threshold to achieving that destiny.
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The
Idylls of the Queen
Author: Phyllis Ann Karr; Buy New: $14.82
Queen’s champion and secret lover, is
nowhere to be found, thus leaving the knights of the round table
with more than one mystery to solve—a murder and a
disappearance.
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The
Last Companion
Author: Patrick McCormack; Buy New: $25.00
It is ten years since Arthur died at Camlann, and the Princes
of Britain vie with each other to take his place.
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The
King's Sister
Author: Kate Schafer; Buy New: $20.99
A young adult novel set in 6th
century Britain telling the story of King Arthur’s other
sister, Anna, from Arthur’s coronation to the final battle
against Morgause.
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Queen's
Champion
Author: Cris Newport, Edward, Jr. Beard, Ron...
A lesbian retelling of the love story of
Lancelot and Guinevere.
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Firelord
Author: Parke Godwin
A gritty tale with Arthur as a Celtic officer who leads his
nation against the Saxon invasion. Not in NLS. |
Mary
Stewart's Merlin Trilogy
Author: Mary Stewart; Buy New: $19.47
Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myrddin Emrys--or
as he would later be known, Merlin--leads a perilous childhood
in The Crystal Cave, keeps watch over a young Arthur Pendragon
in The Hollow Hills, and works to keep King Arthur safe in The
Last Enchantment. NLS |
The
Once and Future King
Author: Terence Hanbury White; Buy New: $7.99
The beloved classic that inspired so many of the rest.
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The
Mists of Avalon
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley; Buy New: $12.21
The Arthurian saga through Morgan le Fey's eyes.
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Guiinevere Trilogy
Sharan Newman |
Guinevere
Author: Sharan Newman
The story of the golden child grew up to be
King Arthur’s beloved queen. The first volume in a trilogy,
this novel tells about her childhood and friendship with a
unicorn.
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The
Chessboard Queen
Author: Sharan Newman
In this, the second volume of Sharan
Newman’s trilogy, Guinevere discovers her deep and passionate
love for another man—Lancelot the greatest knight of the Round
Table.
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Guinevere
Evermore
Author: Sharan Newman
The trilogy concludes, it is the end of an
era, as Arthur’s glorious dream comes to an end and Guinevere
falls from grace through her passionate love for Lancelot.
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Guenevere Trilogy
Rosalind Miles |
Guenevere,
Queen of the Summer Country
Author: Rosalind Miles; Buy New: $11.16
In this bold feminist retelling of the
Arthurian legend, Guenevere rules The Summer Country in her own
right and marries Arthur, heir to the Pendragon Dynasty, to
unite their territories.
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The
Knight of the Sacred Lake
Author: Rosalind Miles; Buy New: $11.16
In the second volume of Rosalind Miles’
trilogy, Sir Lancelot grapples with his forbidden love for
Guenevere, while, tormented by her own feelings, Guenevere finds
her marriage to Arthur threatened by his sister Morgan le Fey.
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The
Child of the Holy Grail
Author: Rosalind Miles; Buy New: $11.16
The final volume in the trilogy encompasses
the quest for the Holy Grail and the fall of Camelot as Arthur
faces his own son, Mordred, in a battle to the death.
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Tales of Guinevere
The following books were originally to be a trilogy, but, sadly,
the author passed away. If any plans are announced for a third
novel, we'll let you know. |
The
Dragon Queen
Author: Alice Borchardt; Buy New: $7.99
The first volume in a trilogy that
boldly re-imagines Camelot--and casts Guinevere as a shrewd,
strong-willed, magical warrior queen.
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The
Raven Warrior
Author: Alice Borchardt; Buy New: $7.99
Remarkably strong, magically talented,
a match for friend and foe alike, Guinevere has come into
womanhood—and faces a new relationship with Lancelot that will
lead to the sharp-edged triangle of legend.
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The Warlord Chronicles
Bernard Cornwwell
The story of Arthur not as king but as political leader, told
from the point of view of a half Saxon companion. |
The
Winter King
Author: Bernard Cornwell; Buy New: $10.85
The tale begins in Dark Age Britain, a
land where Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared,
where a child-king sits unprotected on the throne, and religion
vies with magic for the souls of the people. It is to this
desperate land that Arthur returns, a man at once utterly human
and truly heroic: a man of honor, loyalty, and amazing valor; a
man who loves Guinevere more passionately than he should; a man
whose life is at once tragic and triumphant.
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Enemy
of God
Author: Bernard Cornwell; Buy New: $10.85
Having defeated the last holdouts of
civil war in southern Britain and secured King Mordred's throne,
Arthur discovers that the unified kingdom seems no steadier, its
balance is threatened by Merlin's quest for the last of the
Thirteen Treasures of Britain, conflict between the ancient
religion and the new Christianity, and war against the Saxons.
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Excalibur
Author: Bernard Cornwell; Buy New: $10.85
In the riveting final volume of the
Warlord Chronicles, Cornwell tells the story of Arthur's
desperate attempt to triumph over a ruined marriage and the
Saxons' determination to destroy him.
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Queen
of Camelot
Author: Nancy Mckenzie; Buy New: $10.85
On the night of Guinevere’s birth, a
wise woman declares a prophecy of doom for the child: She is
destined to betray her king, and be herself betrayed. This novel
gives strong, passionate Guinevere a voice and lets her tell her
story in her own words.
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Grail
Prince
Author: Nancy Mckenzie; Buy New: $11.21
King Arthur lies dead, struck down along with
Mordred, his son and heir, and the greatest knights of Camelot.
Of that peerless company, only Lancelot survives, a broken man
who has turned his back on Britain and on his forbidden love of
Guinevere. Yet one knight scarcely more than a boy, fights amid
the ruins to keep Arthur's dream alive: Galahad, the son of
Lancelot.
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Tristan and Isolde
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Tristan and isolde Trilogy |
Isolde,
Queen of the Western Isle
Author: Rosalind Miles; Buy New: $10.17
In the first volume of this trilogy,
Tristan and Isolde find themselves caught in the crosscurrents
of fate, as Isolde is forced to marry a man she does not love.
Taking pity on her daughter, the Queen gives her an elixir that
will create in her a passion for King Mark and ensure that their
love will last until death. But on the voyage to Ireland,
Tristan and Isolde drink the love potion by accident, sealing
their already perilous love forever.
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The
Maid of the White Hands
Author: Rosalind Miles; Buy New: $11.16
The love of Tristan and Isolde is
tested when a young French princess determined to have Tristan
for her own enters the story.
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The
Lady of the Sea
Author: Rosalind Miles; Buy New: $10.36
Now Queen of Ireland in he own right, Isolde
can no longer tolerate her loveless marriage to King Mark of
Cornwall, a marriage she has accepted for years in order to save
her country from the threat of war and to be near her only love,
Mark's nephew Tristan of Lyonesse.. Now the lovers must play out
their fate and face their enemies in a final battle, a war that
could spell ruin for them both.
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Prince
of Dreams
Author: Nancy Mckenzie; Buy New: $10.17 A Tale of Tristan and
Essylte
When his uncle King Markion dispatches
Tristan to fetch his new bride, the beautiful Essylte, a fateful
love blooms between the two young people, a love that knows no
law but its own fierce and imperious demands. Now, torn between
duty and desire, Tristan and Essylte will risk everything–their
lives, their souls, Britain itself–to be together.
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Anglo-Saxon England and the Danes
(Celtic Britain is above.)
Alfred the Great - Aethelflaed,
Lady of Mercia - Edward the Confessor - Harold Godwinson - Other
Anglo Saxon and Danish Kings - Lady Godiva
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An
Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Sacon England
Author: Nan Hawthorne
Buy New: $27.99
Trade paperback, 649 pages
Maps, glossary.
Digital
version available.
His father dead at a usurper's hands, the new young
king must prove himself despite his own
self-doubt. He struggles against setbacks and
treachery, while his beautiful queen, the love of his
life, is relentlessly pursued by a darkly sensual
mercenary. Takes place in alternate Saxon history.
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Far
Traaveler
Author Rebecca Tingle
In The Edge on the Sword (2001) Tingle wrote about
15-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of Alfred the Great, who
became a powerful ruler in her own right. Little is known about
her daughter Aelfwyn, who disappeared from historical record and
literature following Aethelflaed's death in 919. Intrigued by
the girl's disappearance, Tingle has created an immensely
satisfying back story for Aelfwyn (Wyn), which mixes fact
and fiction as it vividly depicts the political turmoil of the
time. Wyn's life is probably more romantic than that of
the historic Aelfwyn. At 16, Wyn seems shy and scholarly, but
when her uncle commands her to marry or enter a convent, she
disguises herself as a traveling bard and flees. Wilfrid, a
Northumbrian king beleaguered by Norse invaders, offers the bard
protection, friendship, and trust----a trust that may be
shattered by a plan that can endanger England and force Wyn to
choose between her own people and heritage and her friend
Wilfrid. An introductory note provides a few facts about the
real Wyn. |
Paths of Exile
Author: Carla Nayland
Prince Eadwine, in exile after his kingdom is overrun, must
find out the truth about his older brother's death.
Terrifically good read. NH
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Ingeld's Daughter
Author: Carla Nayland
The female heir to the throne escapes from a vicious husband
and foments rebellion against him. This is either
alternate history or freeform history.. it seems to take place
in more than one era, all of it effectively crafted into a
stirring novel. NH
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An
East Wind Blowing
Author: Mel Keegan;
Two young men from different social classes fall in love
in Anglo-Saxon.
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The
Norman Pretender
Author: Valerie Anand
A stirring chronicle of the last years of Saxon England, ends
with the death of Harold at the Battle of Hastings.
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Harald
Author: David D. Friedman; Buy New: $19.20
A fantasy novel about a fictitious kingdom with a solid
medieval basis. Written by an early celebrity of the SCA.
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Circle of Ceridwen Trilogy
Octoavia Randolph
Also offered free on Randolph's website! |
The
Circle of Ceridwen
Author: Octavia Randolph
The year is 871. Of seven Anglo-Saxon
kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings.
Across this war-torn landscape travels fifteen year old Ceridwen.
Her divided loyalties spur her to summon all her courage - a
courage that will be sorely tested as she defies both Saxon and
Dane and undertakes an extraordinary adventure to save a man she
has never met.
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Ceridwen
of Kilton
Author: Octavia Randolph;
The entwined stories of Ceridwen, a bold
young woman caught between two worlds, Gyric, cruelly maimed by
the Danish foe, Godwin, his brother, the Saxon lord who
struggles both against the invaders and an unthinkable desire,
and Sidroc, the Dane whose ambitions both thwart and reward.
The Fate of all hangs in the balance in a single terrifying
battle.
Also available as PDF
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The
Claiming
Author: Octavia Randolph
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Conscience
of the King
Author: Alfred Duggan;
Cerdic Elesing, King of Wessex and ancestor
of all subsequent British monarchs, narrates in this fictional
biography how he murdered, cheated, looted and lied his way to
the great position he ultimately held - and in the process
served with the great Roman leader Ambrosius and the Saxon
warlord Aella, and was the foe Arthur defeated at Mount Badon.
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Alfred the Great 871–899
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Uhtred's Story
Bernard Cornwell |
The
Last Kingdom
Author: Bernard Cornwell; Buy New: $11.16
Some of the most enjoyable books I have ever read.. just love
that Uhtred. The series follows him from his kidnapping as
a child by the Danes and follows his conflicted loyalties
through lots of shield walls and Alfred the Great mostly being
annoying. NH
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The Pale Horseman
Author:
Bernard
Cornwell;
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Disgusted with life under Alfred, Uhtred breaks ranks and
goes sailing only to meet a strange and wonderful woman.
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Lords of the
North
Author:
Bernard
Cornwell;
Buy New: $17.13
Uhtred and Ragnar Ragnarssen head north
to kick butt and take names. This is my favorite so far.
NH
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Sword Song
Author: Bernard Cornwell; Buy New: $17.13
This novel
feels like a placeholder.. just keeping us interested until the
real story starts up again. NH
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NEW! Preorder for release in October 2009
The
Burning Land
Author: Bernard Cornwall
The fourth in the Uhtred series. I always order mine
from England to get the extra few months before the American
edition comes out. More details as i get them. Will
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The
Dragon and the Raven, or the Days of King Alfred
Author: G.A. Henty; Buy New: $0.99
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The
King of Athelney
Author: Alfred Duggan;
King Alfred. Not in NLS
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Tin
Soldiers
Author: Robert Wohlforth;
King Alfred. Not in NLS
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Aethelflaed (Ethelfleda), Lady of Mercia
The
Edge on the Sword
Author: Rebecca Tingle; Buy New: $6.99
Teen and young adult novel about Alfred's daughter facing her
betrothal. She learns to fight and to lead.
Authenticity of a high caliber. NH
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Swords
Across the Thames
Author: Haley Elizabeth Garwood; Buy New: $17.95
Alfred's daughter and a warrior in her own right, Ethelleda.
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Edward the Confessor 1042–1066
Gildenford
Author: Valerie Anand
Intrigue and romance in 11th century England. Not in NLS
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Breath
of Kings
Author: Gene Farrington;
Edward is an albino with weird powers in this book that runs
from Ethelræd Unræd to the Norman Conquest.
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Harold Godwinson 6 January – 14
October 1066
The
Norman Pretender
Author: Valerie Anand
A stirring chronicle of the last years of Saxon England, ends
with the death of Harold at the Battle of Hastings.
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The
King's Shadow
Author: Elizabeth Alder; Buy New: $6.50
Mutilated Welsh boy becomes part of Harold Godwinson's
household. Young adult novel. NLS
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Other Anglo Saxon and Danish Kings
Nettleflower
Author: Terri Beckett , Chris Power
It is the winter of 1046 and on the Marches between England
and Wales there is an uneasy peace. Leofric is the young thane
of Staneleigh, a holding close to the Welsh border. He is
mourning a dead bride, but now finds himself falling for Regan,
his childhood friend, who is herself in mourning and intending
to take the veil. CP
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Avalon
Author: Anya Seton, Philippa Gregory; Buy New: $10.17
In 10th century England a young prince descended from
Charlemagne and King Alfred, rescues a beautiful young woman
from the wastelands. Besides such historical figures as St.
Dunstan and Eric the Red, they encounter kings and queens, noble
knights, Viking warriors, and rebellious peasants.
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Lady Godiva
Godiva
Author: Nerys Jones; Buy New: $25.78
England, 1045 Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and his
wife Godiva caught up in
Edward's succession, intrigue, and the end of the Anglo-Saxon
era. Available on audio CD and cassette. Not
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Godiva
Author: David Rose, Tim F. LaHaye; Buy New: $19.99
When Canute, the feared dragon king,
destroys the fair town of Coventry, young Godiva watches as her
once idyllic life turns into a nightmare. Ten years later,
Godiva is no longer a child, she has managed to rebuild her life
and even find love. But when Canute threatens Coventry once
more, Godiva finds herself caught in the middle of the coming
storm as she discovers that she alone can save Coventry. But how
much will she sacrifice? And can she save her people without
betraying her faith and losing her soul?
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