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Eager, burning, and young, Alexander has come of age to take vengeance on the treacherous King of Cornwall who murdered his father. He sets off toward Camelot to seek justice from King Arthur, only to be diverted by the beautiful and sensual Morgan le Fay, Arthur's sister. Using her wiles and her enchantments, Morgan persuades the young prince to attempt a theft of the Holy Grail. He is unaware her motives are of the darkest nature. . . .
Motherless daughter of a royal duke, Alice has lived a life of lively adventure, accompanying her father on his yearly pilgrimages. Now, on her father's final visit to Jerusalem, she comes under the protection of a young prince whose brothers were murdered, a prince who is in possession of an enchanted silver cup believed to be the mysterious Holy Grail itself.
Thus the stage is set for two young seekers to meet--and to find not what they are searching for but, instead, the greatest treasure of all . . . love.
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4 primary booksArthurian Saga is a 4-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1970 with contributions by Mary Stewart.
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This as a very unimpressive story. At least the author does give her motivations to write this story. It is after all part of the famous tale Le Morte d'Arthur. It is not all her fault it was so boring.
The book has none of the characters we grew to love in the series, other then Morgan. But even her presence is not enough to make this interesting. I kept waiting for a connection with the Arthurian mythos, but I found none. It is just a classic tale of chivalry retold with some more sober lenses, without all the magical fantasy and perfectly virtuous knights you would expect.
This review and some others express some of my sentiments.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1512075595?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1