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Last in a line of proud queens elected to rule the fertile lands of the West, true owner of the legendary Round Table, guardian of the Great Goddess herself . . . a woman whose story has never been told -- until now Raised in the tranquil beauty of the Summer Country, Princess Guenevere has... read more
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Summary
Her queendom began with the unexpected death of her mother Queen Maire Macha beloved of King Leogrance and mother of Guenevere and all of the summer country. The Lord of the Underworld has come and wants a bride. she had heard her mother says on the day of ???
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Abbot, The Father: Head of the abbey in London where Arthur wsa proclaimed, leader of the Christian monks in Britain, implacably opposed to the worship of the Great Mother, an suppporter of Merlin and Arthur against the Lady of the Lake.
- Agravain: Second son of King Lot; brother of Gawain, Gaheris, Gareth; nephew and later knight to Arthur.
- Agrisance, King: One of the six vasal kings of King Lot, holding Caerleon illicitly at the time when Arthur was proclaimed.
- Aife, Queen: warrior queen of the north, leader of a college where youngmen were taught the arts of war, and teacher of Lancelot.
- Amir: "Beloved," only son of Arthur and Guenevere
- Arian, Dame: Wife of Sir Ector, mother of Sir Kay, and Arthur's foster mother.
- Arthur: Pendragon, High King of Britain, son of Uther Pendragon and Queen Igraine of Cornwall, husband to Guenevere.
- Ban, King: King of Benoic in Little Britain, father of Lancelot, older brother of King Bors, ally to Arthur in the battle of the kings.
- Baudwin: Knight of Caerleon, servant of Uther, supporter of Arthur when he reclaimed his throne.
- Bedivere, Sir: Knight to arthur, one of his first three companion knights.
- Black Lands, King of: Vassal to Arthur
- Boniface, Brother: Monk at the abbey in London, sent as emissary to the Lady of the Lake on Avalon.
- Bors, King: King of Benoic of Little Britain, younger brother of King Ban, father of Bors and Lionel, ally to Arthur in the Battle of Kings
- Bors, Sir: Son of King Bors, brother of Lionel, cousin of Lancelot, knight to Guenevere.
- Brangoris, King: One of the six vassal kings of King Lot holding the Middle kingdom illicitly against Arthur, and later Arthur's enemy in the Battle of Kings.
- Brangwen: Wife of Sir Niamh, a knight of Grenevere's mother, and a staunch defender of the Mother-right.
- Carados, King: King of Northgales, castellan of Caerleon, leader of the six vassal king of King Lot.
- Castle on the Rock, King of the: Ally of King Lot in the Battle of Kings
- Cormac: Bard to Guenevere's mother in Camelot and Guenevere's first love
- Cradel le Haut, Sir: Knight to the court of the summer country.
- Damant, Sir: Knight to the court of the summer country.
- Dinant, Sir: Kinght to King Arthur
- Ector, Sir: Foster father to Arthur, father of Sir Kay, knght to Arthur
- Epin of the Glen, Sir: Knight to court of the Summer Country
- Excalibur: Sword of power given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake.
- Faramor, King: King of the Green, friend of Arthur.
- Gaheris: Third son of King Lot, brother of Gawain, Agravain, and Gareth, nephew and later knight to Arthur.
- Gareth: Fourth son of King Lot, brother of Gawain, Agravain, and Gaheris, nephew and later knight to Arthur.
- Gawain, Sir: Eldest son of king Lot, Arthur's first companion knight, brother of Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth.
- Gorlois, Duke: Champion and chosen one of Queen Igraine of Cornwall, father of Morgause and Morgan, murdered by Uther and Merlin.
- Griflet, Sir: Kinght to Arthur
- Guenevere: Queen of the Summer Country, daughter of Queen Maire Macha and King Leogrance, wife of Arthur, mother of Amir, and lover of Sir Lancelot.
- Helin, Sir: Knight to Arthur
- Igraine, Queen: Queen of Cornwall, wife first of Duke of Gorlois and then of King Uther Pendragon, mother of Arthur, Morgause, and Morgan Le Fay.
- Ina: Maid to Guenevere
- John, Brother: MOnk, leader of the Christians in the Summer Country, and Father Confessor of the abbey where Morgan Le Fay was placed as child.
- Kay, Sir: Foster brother of Arthur andknight of the Round Table, one of the three comopanion kights of Arthur from the time he was proclaimed.
- Ladinas, Sir: Knight to Arthur
- Lady of the Lake, the: Rul;er of Avalon, priestess of the Great Mother.
- Lamorak: Son of King Pellinore, kighted by Arthur after the Battle of Kings, later kight and chosen one to Queen Morgause of the Orkneys.
- Lancelot, Sir: Son of King Ban of Benoic and Queen Elaine, kight of the Round Talble, and lover of Queen Guenevere.
- Leogrance, King: King of the Summer Country, first champion and chosen one to Queen Maire Macha, and Guenevere's father.
- Lionel, Sir: Second son of King Bors, brother of Sir Boprs, cousin of Sir Lancelot, and knight to Guenevere.
- Lot, King: King of Lothian and the Orkneys, onetime ally of King Uther Pendragon, husband of Queen Morgause, father of Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, and Gareth, and later usurper of the Middle kingdom and enemy of Arthur.
- Lovell the Bold, Sir: Former champion to Guenevere's mother
- Lucan, Sir: Champion and chosen one to Guenevere's mother, later Arthur's knight.
- Maire Macha, Queen: Guenevere's mother, Queen of the Summer Country, wife to King Leogrance.
- Malgaunt, Prince: Younger half-brother of Queen Marie Macha, uncle to Guenevere.
- Marhaus, King: King of Ireland, friend of Arthur
- Merlin: Welsh Druid and bard, illegitimate offspring of the house of Pendragon, adviser to Uther and Arthur.
- Mordred: Son of Arthur and his half-sister Morgan Le Fay, cast adrift in a boat off the coast of Gore and lost.
- Morgan Le Fay: Younger daughter of Queen Igraine and Duke Gorlois of Cornwall, placed in a Christian convent by King Uther, her step-father, under the name of Sister Ann; Arthur's half-sister and lover, mother of Mordred; wife to king Ursien
- Morgause: Elder daughter of Queen Igraine and Duke Gorlois; given as a wife to King Lot by King Uther; Arthur's half-sister, mother of Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, and Gareth; later lover of Sir Lamorak.
First Sentence
The old man shivered and leaned forward to warm his hands on his horse's neck.
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Series
This is book 1 in the Guenevere series.
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- Rosalind Miles (Author)
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