Dunstan, Eric the Red, Leif Erickson, and more – play their roles in this excellently written story. Other real and colorful personalities – St. And Alfrida’s will is that her stepson Edward, the rightful heir, should not inherit England’s throne – she is scheming to have her son from her first marriage, Ethelred, declared as the heir. But Queen Alfrida bedazzles them both, claiming Merewyn for a lady-in-waiting and making Rumon a virtual prisoner to her will. Shipwrecked off the Cornish coast on his quest to find King Arthurs legendary Avalon. When Britta dies, Rumon brings Merewyn to England to live with her abbess aunt as her mother wished. Buy a used copy of Avalon book by Philippa Gregory, Anya Seton. He meets the unworldly 15 year-old Merewyn, who believes she is descended from King Arthur, tending to her ailing mother Britta. Rumon, a French prince, is shipwrecked off the Cornish coast on his quest to find King Arthur’s legendary Avalon. Set in the 10th century, the marked contrasts between powerful royalty, landless peasants, Viking warriors and noble knights are expertly brought to life. This saga of mystery and spiritual longing crosses oceans and continents to Iceland, Greenland, England and North America during the time of the Viking invasions of England and the Norsemen’s discovery of America.
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