Black Trillium - Bradley, Marion Zimmer

Marion Zimmer Bradley in general

This leads me here, to probably the one book that even came close to having any meaning for me at that time. You may know Marion Zimmer Bradley's highly entertaining writings the well known author of the vast Darkover science fiction series and the gorgeous Avalon Arthurian fantasy series of books. You might know that she helped found the Society for Creative Anachronism here in the San Francisco Bay Area. You might even be aware of the real life scandals surrounding her centering on the two husbands she married both of whom were considered to be gay and one of whom was an accused pedophile. I highly doubt though that you have ever read her most ambitious ...

The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley

aren't for me Pages, who wanted to be reed in the meaning of consume. There is always a new space in my mind that wanted to be filled with Marion Zimmer Bradley words. The reading will be unconscious and the thoughts find their own way into this fairytale. The Author ~~~~~~~~~ There is not so much known. In the book cover you can find information, but in the most cases there is only a picture of her. The most outstanding of her is the quantity of her books, which she left behind. The biggest parts are the darkover-books and since the 80ties her fantasy books, that she published behind her "Mists of Avalon". Marion Zimmer Bradley died almost ...

The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley

Traditionally, the women in the Arthurian myths have appeared only as shadowy figures in the background, mothers, wives and betrayers who get little explanation. The Mists of Avalon is a retelling of the story from the perspectives of the female figures within it, Igraine, Arthur's mother, Morgaine - sister and seducer of Arthur, Viviann -lady of the lake, Guinever - Christian and adulteress, Nimue - betrayer of Merlin and many others. Rich, diverse and offering a brave alternative to the well known story, this tale treats all of the protagonsist with equal sympathy as it watches a pagan King transformed into a Christion idol by the efforts of his wife. As the old pagan ways dwindle, ...