Summary
A spellbinding story of a young French prince and a Cornish girl caught up in the intrigue of the 10th Century English Court.
Merewyn has grown up in savage 10th Century Cornwall; a lonely girl, sustained by stubborn courage and pride in her descent from the great King Arthur.
Rumon, a young French prince, has always dreamed of finding the idyllic island of hearsay and legend, Avalon.
He gladly leaves his home in Provence but his hopes are dashed when his ship is wreck…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340921227 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340921226 |
| Author: | Anya Seton |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2007 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 25mm |
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‘Wonderful historical novels’
[Anya Seton] brought history so vividly to life
A triumph … Fast-moving, exciting and all-action. Avalon has terrific pace, crisp dialogue … Seton makes even the minor characters into vivid, convincing folk. A splendid full-length portrait - Evening NewsPerhaps the greatest gifts Anya Seton brings to her historical novels are the zest of her narrative, the life she breathes into the most insignificant characters, and the atmosphere of the era she evokes around them - Books and BookmenAnya Seton takes us into other worlds, making us live for a few hours on a grand scale - Woman’s JournalWonderful historical novels - Alison WeirMiss Seton’s enthusiasm for both character and period is infectious - Daily TelegraphAbout The Author
Anya Seton
Anya Seton was born in New York City and grew up on her father’s large estate in Cos Cob and Greenwich, Connecticut, where visiting Indians taught her Indian dancing and woodcraft. One Sioux chief called her Anutika, which means ‘cloud grey eyes’, a name which the family shortened to Anya. She was educated by governesses, and then travelled abroad, first to England, then to France where she hoped to become a doctor. She studied for a while at the Hotel Dieu hospital in Paris before marrying at eighteen and having three children. She began writing in 1938 with a short story sold to a newspaper syndicate and the first of her novels was published in 1941. She died in 1990.
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