The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley Reviews

This is the finest novel about the Arthurian legent, although it really focuses on the the much maligned Morgan Le Fey. The beauty of this book is in its delightful characterisations and earthy dark age feel which puts me in mind of the wonderful works of Henry Treece. Marion Bradley takes a sensitive view of the clash of religion and of a King ...

This is yet another Arthurian retelling but it is so much more than that. It takes legendary but cardboard cutout characters and turns them into real people. It takes black and white mythology and turns it into every shade of grey. This is more than worth reading. The best thing about this book is that no-one does it right ...

Mists of Avalon What is life doing with us? What do we do with our life? You can read a book, you can understand a book but it is also possible to live a book. In the human fantasy is enough space for a fairytale that we would like to belief in. Didn't we trust in the fairytales that grandma told us? Are you ...

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 ...