The Mists of Avalon

When Morgan le Fay (Morgaine) has to sacrifice her virginity during fertility rites, the man who impregnates her is her younger brother Arthur, who she turns against when she thinks he has betrayed the old religion of Avalon.

First sentence: lands of Lyonnesse and Ys; on a clear day, so the fisherman said, their old castles could be seen far out under the water. But to Igraine they looked like towers of rock, ancient mountains and hills drowned by the ever encroaching sea that nibbled away, even now, at the very crags below the castle.

Year

1993

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Books

Editions

29

Reader rating

3.8 / 5 (37)

Pages

1024

ISBN

9780140177190

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