An Earthly Knight

Is a retelling of

Canonical title

An Earthly Knight

People/Characters

Lady Jeanette Avenel "Jenny"; Isabel Avenel; Cospatric; Eudo Avenel; Tam Lin; Bleddri (show all 22); Gailene; Brother Turgis; Brother Bertrand; Sir Philippe, Vicomte Avenel; St. Coninia; Hawise; Alric, the Reed; Ranulf; La Rose; Earl William de Warenne; Lady Margaret; Sir Robert; Adele Mundy; King Malcolm; Lady Ada; The Fairy Queen

Important places

Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK; Carter Hall, Scotland, UK (fictional); Roxburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK; Rowanwald Abbey, Scotland, UK (fictional); Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK; Broomfield Abbey, Scotland, UK (fictional) (show all 9); Lillieslief, Scotland, UK (fictional); Langknowes, Scotland, UK (fictional); Marchmont, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Epigraph

O I forbid you, maidens a'
That wear gowd on your hair
To come or gae by Carterhaugh
For young Tam Lin is there.

--From the ballad "TAM LIN"

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There was an elf knight come from the north land,
And he came a-courting me;
He said he would take me unto the north land,
And there he would marry me.

--From the ballad "LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF KNIGHT"

Dedication

For Pam because she is my sister, and for Barbara Rien, intrepid charter of the fairy realms

First words

"Isabel, Look to your king. You left him exposed to my bishop again."

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She hitched little Andrew up on her shoulder and started down the road to meet him.