Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon
by Diana L. Paxson, Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon
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Author: Diana L. Paxson, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-08-02
ISBN: 0641904126
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Viking Adult

Book Reviews of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon

Book Review: Great reading!
Summary: 5 Stars

Lhiannon, the Celtic high priestess of Bradley's The Forest House, is a young priestess when this prequel opens. She teaches the youngsters sent to be educated on the island of Mona, and she dreams of two mutually exclusive futures - one in which she eventually becomes high priestess, the other in which she consummates her love for the druid Arganos. The newest arrival on Mona, a nobly born girl named Boudica, sparks Lhiannon's interest and eventually becomes her friend.

As the Celtic tribes of Britain choose varying ways of dealing with the Romans who are once again moving to take control of their land, the time comes for Boudica to decide whether she will become a priestess on Mona or if she will return to her parents and marry as they determine. She chooses to marry, and becomes the wife of a king. Prasutagos, Boudica's husband, makes his peace with the Romans by swearing loyalty to the emperor. That works until his death cancels the arrangement as far as Roman law is concerned. Boudica and her daughters have no status at all by that law's reckoning. Humiliated and abused when she tries to assert her own rights and those of her children, Boudica leads an uprising against the Romans at just the time when the conquerors are finally ready to assault the druids in the one place where they have always been safe - on Mona.

This is a sweeping and spellbinding tale, with author Paxson's work impossible for me to distinguish from that of her mentor. The history of this time and place that I learned in school definitely was written by the victors, so I find it fascinating to read books like this one that tell the same story from a completely different viewpoint. Knowing the ending from the beginning, as one must when reading a prequel, added poignancy at times; but it by no means spoiled the tale.

--Reviewed by Nina M. Osier, author of "High Places"

Summary of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon

Diana L. Paxson expands Marion Zimmer Bradley's beloved and bestselling Avalon series in a dramatic new installment. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon, the prequel to The Forest House, tells the story of the Roman conquest of Britain and the origin of the Forest House that preceded the return to Avalon.Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon follows the journey of Boudica, a Celtic princess, and Lhiannon, a priestess who is Boudica's mentor on the Druid isle. When the Romans conquer Britain, Lhiannon fights them while Boudica marries a king who has surrendered. Theirs is a great love story, but when he dies, the Romans brutalize her and her daughters. Enraged, Boudica raises the British tribes and nearly succeeds in driving the Romans from Britain, claiming a place in history. Lhiannon survives and becomes the guardian of the Druid traditions in the new Roman Britannia as high priestess of the Forest House.Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted millions of readers over the years and is sure to please Bradley's loyal readership as well as anyone who loves wonderfully told stories of history, myth, and fantasy.

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