In le morte d arthur book 19 queen guinevere happened to go amaying in the woods behind westminster, with her usual retinue of ladiesinwaiting and pageboys, plus ten of the queens knights arrayed in green. Swearing his loyalty to king arthur and becoming the favored champion of queen guinevere, lancelot roams the land in search of adventure. But the queen, irrationally jealous because of his long absence from her on the grail quest, banishes him. For love of guinevere as much as for remorse he takes on the habit. In it, lancelot and guinevere try not to act on their feelings for each other. It deals with guinevere as a very young girl, who meets arthur and marries him at the end of the book. The guinevere deception by kiersten white, published in november 2019, captures my imagination in this revision of arthurian legend.
The guinevere deception is surprisingly spellbinding. In his book, history of the kings of britain, monmouth wrote a number of. Some of the stories discuss how queen guinevere and lancelot the most. Guinevere was the queen of king arthur in the court of camelot, and she plays a central part in the tales and folklore of the castle and the knights of the round table. The guinevere deception by kiersten white is the first book in a ya retelling of the classic arthurian legend.
I know little to nothing about the original mythology. See more ideas about arthur and guinevere, merlin and merlin and arthur. In early welsh literature, one gwenhwyvar was the first lady of this. The guinevere deception is a retelling of the myth of king arthur and camelot, but with a more feminist focus. The idea that guinevere and sir lancelot committed adultery with one another is found only in the legends of arthur and the knights. After the grail quest, sir launcelot soon falls to his old adulterous love again, despite his good intentions. This book takes authorian lore and provides a new twist. Gwynnever, often written as guenevere or guenever, is the wife and queen of king arthur in the arthurian legend. Guinevere, the princess of wales, was the legendary queen to king arthur. I like the responses of the other people who answered the question. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading camelots queen. Queen of the summer stars by persia woolley, lancelot and the wolf by sarah luddington, guinevere. Guinevere, wife of arthur, legendary king of britain, best known in arthurian romance through the love that his knight sir lancelot bore for her.
His unfailing loyalty to her, especially given her difficult nature, is totally superhuman. Guinevere arrives in camelot ready to marry king arthur and rule beside him as. The legends of king arthur 5 book series kindle edition. Okay, folks, get ready for a whole lot of names that have not been in use for hundreds of years, and a whole lot of swordplay. I want to add some other authors who wrotewrite about king arthur and merlin in different. This first book was really just about guineveres time as queen and who the evil forces against guinevere, arthur, and camelot were, and unfortunately most of it was spent on guinevere. Guinevere is barely a woman, but in medieval times.
With magic clawing at the kingdoms borders, the great wizard merlin conjured a solutionsend in guinevere to be arthurs wife and his protector from those who want to see the. Queen guinevere, the love of arthur and sir lancelot. Her debut novel, daughter of destiny, the first book of an arthurian legend trilogy that tells guineveres life story from her point of view, took first place in the legendlegacy category of the 2015. It deals with her as the daughter of a roman family, who want the old roman ways to be restored. Now guinevere must face merlins wrath without himand prove that she is worthy of being arthurs queen. What are the best books on the legend of merlin and king. Guinevere met arthur when he saved her when she was being abducted. In the first book of a new series from kiersten white and i darken, guinevere arrives at camelot to wed king arthur, just as she does in the arthurian stories of old. Guinevere is the queen of britain, wife of king arthur, and lover of sir lancelot in the arthurian legends best known in their standardized form from sir thomas malorys le morte d arthur 1469 ce.
Guinevere comes to camelot to marry arthur but she is not the real guinevere, she is merlins daughter, sent to protect king arthur from an unknown threat. After the usual rescuing damsels, slaying giants and battling. It may have been wiser to bury excalibur with arthur, but nimue had interceded. This dark sorcerer may dismay some merlin lovers, as he would rather see guinevere dead than as arthurs queen. In all instances, queen guinevere is portrayed as beautiful and desirable, and depending on the book or tradition, she either willfully assisted mordred in his treachery against king arthur, or was forced into it. Already weakened in spirit by guineveres infidelity with the nowexiled lancelot, arthur must rouse his knights to battle one last time against. Parents need to know that the guinevere deception is the first book in the camelot rising trilogy by kiersten white, author of the and i darken trilogy, illusions of fate, and the chaos of stars. This book, though relatively short, managed to engulf me with its settings, characters, and stories.
When the second book ended, guineveres friend, elevenyearold cedwyn, had been kidnapped along with a. This wasnt the arthur of the medieval romances, though it did include guinevere. The guinevere deception after arthurs defeat of the dark queen, magic in all forms was banished from camelot. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Arthur, who is son of king uther pendragon but was raised by another family, takes his rightful place as king when, as a boy. This book includes some of the crucial arthurian legends about sir lancelot, the knights of the round table, queen guinevere, and the search for the holy grail. This book combines whites four arthurian novels including the sword and the. Le morte darthur tells the story of king arthur and his knights at the round table. The guinevere deception official book trailer youtube. Guinevere has been portrayed as everything from a villainous and opportunistic traitor to a fatally flawed but noble and virtuous lady. King arthur, queen guinevere, merlin the wizard, mordred, morgan le fay. With magic clawing at the kingdoms borders, the great wizard merlin conjured a solutionsend in. Drawn to king arthur s innate goodness and devotion to camelot, she marries him to protect him from any threats. From the glassroofed great hall at tintigal to the lush garden forts of wales, alice borchardt.
Le morte d arthur originally spelled le morte darthur, middle french for the death of arthur is a middle english reworking by sir thomas malory of existing tales about the legendary king arthur, guinevere, lancelot, merlin and the knights of the round table. There are hundreds and hundreds of books about or featuring king arthur. This book shows us the tapestry of emotions that guinevere faces that eventually lead to her downfall. King arthur, queen guinevere, merlin the wizard, mordred, morgan le fay, lancelot, tristan, galahad, gawain and the knights of the round table have legendary status in literature. The gripping tale of arthur and guinevere the queen of camelot trilogy book 1 kindle edition by mckenzie, nancy. This is a betrayal of arthur because he thinks elaine is the wife of his king and a betrayal of his love for guinevere because he married another woman. Guinevere s abduction by meliagrance in le morte d arthur.
Lancelot brings guenevere to arthur, an illustration for andrew langs the book of romance 1902. The child queen, and its sequel, the high queen, tells arthurs story through guinivere. Guinevere, in a plot twist taken from josephs story in the biblical book of genesis, runs to arthur and accuses lanval of trying to seduce her. Sent by a banished merlin to protect king arthur, a sixteenyearold impersonating the deceased guinevere struggles to fit in at camelot. The guinevere deception audiobook by kiersten white. Guineveres tale book 2 kindle edition by evelina, nicole. Arthurs knights believe they are strong enough to face any threat, but guinevere knows it will take more than swords to keep camelot free.
But they are spending more and more time together in public, and arthurs court is beginning to. Morgan will seek the sword, and vivian will not deny her, she had whispered to me. Readers who are not as familiar with arthurian legend will learn a bit here about camelot, merlin, and the knights of the round table. She first appears in geoffrey of monmouths history of the kings of britain 16 ce as arthur s wife, who is abducted by his nephew mordred and must be rescued by arthur, but her. The new guinevere is enraptured by camelots sights and soon makes new friends, including her ladys maid, brangien. The mythical kingdom of king arthur emerged from a series of french. Shes a magicwielding changeling, sent to court to protect the king. Malory interpreted existing french and english stories about these figures and added original material e.
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