· Growing up in north Wales, to be a great and engaging beauty, together with her cousin Elaine, her life is turned upside down when she is chosen as the bride of the High King of Britain, Arthur. Guinevere's love for the King's most trusted knight, Lancelot causes her great pain/5. The Child Queen (The Tale of Guinevere and King Arthur) McKenzie, Nancy. Published by Del Rey Books, New York, NY, U.S.A., ISBN ISBN The Child Queen is the first novel in the Queen of Camelot series by acclaimed author Nancy McKenzie. If you are a reader that loves romantic tales, then this is the book for you! Get the telling of an old Arthurian tale through the eyes and mind of Queen www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins.
McKenzie, Nancy. Guinevere's Gift. When the orphaned Guinevere is twelve years old, living with Queen Alyse and King Pellinore of Gwynedd, she fearlessly helps rescue her cousin from kidnappers who are plotting to seize the palace and overthrow the king, even as the queen despairs of Guinevere's rebellious nature. Guinevere is the now classic form of the legendary queen's name, as used by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the Idylls of the King, but there are many others. Probably the next most seen is Guenevere, used in a number of versions, including Rosalind Miles' Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country () and the musical Camelot (). The Child Queen by Nancy Mckenzie A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Daughter of Destiny: Book 1 of Guinevere's Tale (Volume 1) by Nicole Evelina.
This novel was originally published as two separate books, The Child Queen and The High Queen, and so is pages, but is completely worth it. Here is the synopsis: Here is the synopsis: On the night of Guinevere’s birth, a wise woman declares a prophecy of doom for the child: She will be gwenhwyfar, the white shadow, destined to betray her king, and be herself betrayed. Reviewed in the United States on June 4, An extremely engaging book, full of adventure, passion, intrigue and emotion. Engages the reader evey step of the way. It traces the early life of Gunievere, who would be Arthur's bride, from her birth to the king and young queen of the Kingdom of Northgallis, where a witch predicts the night of her birth that she would live to be the greatest lady in Britain, but also that she would betray her king and herself be betrayed. The Child Queen by Nancy Mckenzie: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain: Daughter of Destiny: Book 1 of Guinevere's Tale (Volume 1) by Nicole Evelina: The Death of King Arthur by David F. Hult: The Death of King Arthur by Simon Armitage: The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems by William Morris.
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