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Although told mainly from Guenevere's point of view, this is a truly epic narrative, encompassing pageantry, political intrigue, war, and the conflict between the old pagan religion and Christianity. At times earthy, sensual, and violent, it is a powerful romantic drama firmly rooted in historical Britain, a modern yet traditional retelling of the stories given definitive form in the first four books of Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur.
The characters are grippingly evoked as realistic, living, and breathing human beings rather than simple archetypes, yet the writing is effortlessly lyrical, with the elegant flow of folktale. In emotional depth, Guenevere is comparable to Parke Godwin's fine Arthurian romance, Firelord.
This title is Rosalind Miles's 17th book. She is the author of the highly praised I, Elizabeth and The Women's History of the World. In 1990, she won the Network Award for outstanding achievement in the field of writing, and the same year she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. --Gary S. Dalkin, Amazon.co.uk
(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400)
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The story seems to deal with real issues and handle the situation of a patriarchy meeting with a matriarchy very well, and the fallout from that kind of clash of lifestyles.
Above all, though, I think the really human reactions to various events of life were what kept me reading through the story. I felt that their reactions were real and reasonable and that made the consequences that presented from them more reasonable as well.
I really enjoyed this story and look forward to reading the rest of the series. (