The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The Mists of Avalon
The High Queen

Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 12 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/06/2009

Synopsis

This imaginative return to the Arthurian legend as told from its pagan priestesses continues with Book Two: The High Queen. Morgaine, finally reconciled to the birth of her son, must relinquish him to her aunt Morgause in exchange for the kept secret regarding his parentage. Arthur marries the timid but dutiful Gwenhwyfar, while ongoing wars with the Saxon invaders continue to rage accross the land. Morgaine, tired of worldly concerns, attempts to return to Avalon, but disappears without a trace somewhere near the end of her journey. In a last bid for peace, Arthur compromises his loyalty to Avalon by carrying the Christian banner into battle. Gwenhwyfar's inability to conceive has the kingdom despairing of an heir to the throne, while behind the scenes, her love for Lancelet grows more impassioned and desperate.

About Marion Zimmer Bradley

Bestselling author Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) wrote The Mists of Avalon, The Forest House, Lady of Avalon, and The Firebrand, as well as the immensely popular Darkover series and numerous other science fiction and fantasy works. In 2000, she was posthumously awarded the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf

The whole King Arthur thing, told from a completely different, female perspective, criticizes faith and patriarchy at the same time and does characterization at the ultimate prime level. Crush eco social, nature loving bonobo matriarchies to install theistic terror states. How the book deals with the......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

My final book of 2017! I did not think I would finish it before the end of the year. I started it back on October 1st and it was slow going. I often found myself not reading it for days at a time. It really wasn’t capturing my interest. But, with a week to go in 2017 and about 300 or so pages left,......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

OK I admit, when I told my college Arthurian Lit professor that I'd read and enjoyed this book, he proceeded to give me a quick-before-the-next-class-comes-in lecture about how Marion Zimmer Bradley's "interpretation" skewed wildly from the genre. But I don't care. It's a difficult book (long and utt......more

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