The Fourth Gwenevere
John James
From the author of Votan - 'Probably the best book ever done about the Norse,' says Neil Gaiman - comes a gripping new retelling in the Arthurian cycle by a masterful storyteller.
Gwenevere, Arthur's Saxon wife, is a problem. As the dynastic cement between the British and the Saxons, her marriage to Arthur will result in a child that will unite both sides. At least, that would have been the plan, had the Great Duke Arthur not died (accidentally and not at all heroically) and left the petty kings of Britain to squabble over his title.
Only Morvran, Arthur's chief fixer, has the wit to see that the Fourth Gwenevere is the key to maintaining a crumbling peace. But when she is abducted, it seems that all hopes might disappear with her.
For, in a world where swords and horses have names of honour, where poets speak as oracles of a shifting truth and the raiding of Saxon warriors is set to ruin Britain, perhaps it's only the Fourth Gwenevere herself who has the real solution?
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FICTIONAL HANGOUT
The greatest historical novelist of my time
BYRON ROGERS, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Crackles with atmosphere and splendidly imaginative writing
GUARDIAN on Not for All the Gold in Ireland
Probably the best book ever done about the Norse
NEIL GAIMAN on Votan
A novel of stark imaginative fire
THE OBSERVER on Men went to Cattreath
An imagination as rich as it is vivid
THE TIMES on Votan
A first-rate historical novelist
OXFORD TIMES
Rich and fascinating and intense
WESTERN MAIL on Men went to Cattreath
Mr James writes with immense gusto
DAILY TELEGRAPH on Votan
Full of exuberance and colourful fantasy
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS on Not for All the Gold in Ireland
A lovely book. Its story is suitably adventurous and exciting and for anyone with the slightest interest in the Matter of Britain this entertaining tale is recommended reading
A FANTASTICAL LIBRARIAN
A gripping tale of treachery, bloodshed, and plague . . . Morvran is like a fantasy equivalent of Breq, the starship narrator of Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice (this year's Hugo Award winner). Readers who enjoyed puzzling their way through that tale of slaughter will find much to enjoy here
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