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On Sale: March 29, 2011
Featuring: Malgwyn ap Cuneglas
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ISBN: 0765326280
EAN: 9780765326287
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Mystery Historical
Malgwyn ap Cuneglas was one of King Arthur's earliest
companions and now is his most trusted counsellor. Despite
the malice of his enemies, and the machinations of the
still powerful druids who mightily resist him, Malgwyn
knows that Arthur will stop at nothing in his efforts to
lead his people to Christ and help to bring civil law and
justice to a people who have known little such. To
consolidate his power, Arthur decides that it is time to
take a noble wife. But in this Malgwyn knows his lord's
sorrow, for Arthur must set aside his love, Guinevere,
because he believes that the scandal surrounding their
affair has tainted her for the crown. Malgwyn is sent north
to fetch the young woman who is to be Arthur's bride. The
way is fraught with tension for there are forces who would
not see the king wed. Malgwyn discovers a string of
killings of young virginal women who are slaughtered in a
horrific manner - not unlike a ritual sacrifice - and is
left with a question that he must answer quickly. Are these
murders portents of the gods taking vengeance on the
intrusion of a new faith? Or are mortal men plotting to
unseat the king?
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3 comments posted.
Re: The Beloved Dead
Because I'm a caretaker where I live, and do volunteer work one day a week, that doesn't leave me as much time as I'd like to read. I do, however, have a couple of authors that I keep my eyes peeled for. Your choice of authors are interesting, for varied reasons, and I might look up a couple. The ones that I look out for are Janet Evanovich, when I want a quicker read that will always have a few laughs to lift my spirits, Jennifer Chiaverini, since my volunteer work has to do with crafting, and Gregory Maguire, whos' books are a take on the characters from the Wizard of Oz, but he puts a bizarre spin on them. I got hooked on his first book entitled Wicked, and was hooked ever since. I'm also becoming a fan of Leila Meacham after reading her book Roses, which I thoroughly loved, and can't get out of my head, but I know you aren't into romances. I would also love to read your book. My tastes very immensely, depending on my mood. I just need the extra time to sit down with them to have the time to read.
(Peggy Roberson 6:09pm March 26, 2011)
I've read C.W. Gortner's first book, but all the other authors are unfamiliar to me. Those by J.L. Cannell intrigue me as much as those by J.M. Roberts. I've put a hold on SPQRI and Carrell's.Though I haven't had time to read them yet, I recently found some lawyer? or police? books set in ancient Rome as well. Contrary to some people who commented on Carrell's books on Amazon.com, I love books with actual, factual history in them--the more the better. I've also put a hold on your first book. I always prefer reading books in the order in which they are written, no matter whether or not they are part of a series. Thanks for telling us about these authors.
I definitely agree with you about the Native American experience. When I see news articles on the Native peoples, they are almost invariably bad news. Here in Canada at least there are many still living without running water in their homes. I wonder where the millions set aside for such projects have gone to. Of course, the huge unpopulated areas in Canada make it more difficult to reach isolated communities, but surely wells can be dug almost anywhere with the accompanying water systems laid to each house so that we don't hear annual accounts of children or the elderly burning to death because of the lack of water in the homes. There's no excuse for that.
(Sigrun Schulz 2:04am March 27, 2011)
Love mysteries. I have never heard of the authors you mentioned and will have to check them out.
(Vicki Hancock 12:39pm March 27, 2011)
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