The Mists of Avalon

Jul 22, 2025 6:34 AM

Author:Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Mists of Avalon

Here is the tragic tale of the rise and fall of Camelot - but seen through the eyes of Camelot's women: The devout Gwenhwyfar, Arthur's Queen; Vivane, High priestess of Avalon and the Lady of the Lake; above all, Morgaine, possessor of the sight, the wise, the wise-woman fated to bring ruin on them all...

Reviews

Great glittering floods of talent rage through this extraordinary novel

—— Cosmopolitan

A wildly funny, sad, laugh-out-loud, frightening, outrageous, thought-provoking, moving book

—— Houston Chronicle

Raw, realistic, ribald and randy

—— Richard Gordon, author of Doctor in the House

Catch-22 with stethoscopes

—— Cosmopolitan

'The lucidity of Jill Paton Walsh's style and the dexerity of the narrative are such that her book reads more like a good thriller than a weighty novel of ideas...An ingenious fable'

—— The Times

Lingering, sensuous and provocative, Christopher's unusual fantasy is a masterful exercise in the necromancy of poetry ripened into prose

—— Scotland on Sunday

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