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001 2013026089
003 DLC
005 20150417083227.0
008 130722t20131993maub 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013026089
020 $a9780544222830 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3537.E787$bA95 2013
082 00 $a813/.54$223
084 $aFIC014000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSeton, Anya,$eauthor.
245 10 $aAvalon :$ba novel /$cAnya Seton.
264 1 $aBoston :$bMariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,$c2013.
264 4 $c©1993
300 $a450 pages :$bmap ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Princes, Vikings, and the history of tenth-century England come together in this saga of exploration and unrequited love. Prince Rumon of France, descendant of Charlemagne and King Alfred, is a searcher. He has visions of the Islands of the Blessed, perhaps King Arthur's Avalon, "where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow." Merewyn grows up in savage Cornwall--a lonely girl, sustained by her stubborn courage and belief that she is descended from the great King Arthur. Chance--or fate--in the form of a shipwreck off the Cornish coast brings Rumon and Merewyn together, and from that hour their lives are intertwined. Bound by his vow to her dying mother, Rumon brings Merewyn safely to England and keeps from her and all others the shameful secret of her birth. But there his responsibility ends. At court, Queen Alfrida dazzles him with her beauty and holds him in subjection to her will. When her murderous bid to capture the throne for her son comes to light, Rumon is finally freed, and he turns to Merewyn, only to find that he has lost her. His search leads him across the Atlantic to an unknown land, disappointment, and, at last, fulfillment and peace"--$cProvided by publisher.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yAnglo-Saxon period, 449-1066$vFiction.
651 0 $aCornwall (England : County)$vFiction.
651 0 $aIceland$vFiction.
650 0 $aVikings$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Historical.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd