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"Smart and earthy . . . richly imaginative . . . the epitome of the storyteller's art."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch, named one of "The Year's Best Books" "This amazing book could well become a classic of women's literature."--Booklist, named one of the "Year's Ten Best Fantasy Books" Young Magdalen and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Their pleasure is overshadowed by a brilliant but unbalanced druid show more who knows a perilous secret about Maeve's past. The prequel toThe Passion of Mary Magdalen. Now in paperback! show lessTags
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This book was fun. I expected a more factual account and instead got a delightful and imaginative journey to a Druid College.
A lot of people recommended this to me -- why does that always mean the book is going to suck? The narrator has a very modern voice, complete with slang, as if she lived in Brooklyn or something. But the story is in a time period similar to The Mists of Avalon. I really hated that juxtaposition. I found it very irritating.
Very magical and beautiful story telling. Parts of the story were scary and the protagonist naive and brave, while holding must inner wisdom. Looking forward to the next book.
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- Canonical title
- Magdalen Rising: The Beginning
- Original title
- Daughter of the Shining Isles
- Alternate titles
- Magdalen Rising: The Beginning
- Original publication date
- 2000
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- Members
- 141
- Popularity
- 231,029
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (4.15)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 2
