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Lady of Avalon

Pages
448
Published
1997
Language
English

Synopsis

Spanning centuries of British history, this prequel to The Mists of Avalon follows three generations of priestesses as they protect their sacred island from Roman invaders. Caillean, Teleri, and Viviane must navigate shifting political alliances and personal heartbreaks to preserve the ancient magic of the Goddess. Their choices determine the fate of a land caught between old traditions and a rising new religion.

About the author

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Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer was born on a farm in Albany, New York, during the Great Depression. As a child, she enjoyed reading adventure fantasy stories. She began writing them herself in 1949 and sold her first story to Vortex in 1952. She also married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. Early in her career, she used pseudonyms for stories she wrote outside the speculative fiction genre, including some gay and lesbian pulp fiction novels such as I Am a Lesbian (1962). In 1964 she divorced her first husband...

Characters

The Lady of the LakeProtagonist
All characters in Lady of Avalon