The Mists Of Avalon

8216In my time I have been called many things sister lover priestess wisewoman queen8217Morgaine gifted with the Sight and fated with her brotherlover8217s doom... » 

8216In my time I have been called many things sister lover priestess wisewoman queen8217Morgaine gifted with the Sight and fated with her brotherlover8217s doom recounts the glorious tragedy of Camelot8217s brief flowering not as a tale of knightly deeds but as a woman8217s rounded view of society in the crucible of change.Through the lives of pious Guinevere ambitious Morgause Priestess of Avalon Viviane and her successor as Lady of the Lake Morgaine herself this rich and haunting epic reveals a greater threat to the Old People than the Saxons. For the spread of patriarchal Roman ways and a narrow Christianity seem likely to drive the ancient worship of the Mother forever into the mists8230Penguin also publish the other novels in the bestselling Avalon series The Forests of Avalon and Lady of Avalon.8216The best retelling of the Arthurian saga I have ever read. Completely compelling8217 Isaac Asimov8216Vastly ambitious and stunningly successful8230masterfully plotted and beautifully written8217 Publishers Weekly A tragic tale of the rise and fall of Camelot seen through the eyes of Camelots women the devout Gwenhwyfar Arthurs Queen Vivane High priestess of Avalon and the Lady of «