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The Mists of Avalon is a 1983 historical fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, in which the author relates the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters. The book follows the trajectory of Morgaine ( Morgan le Fay ), a priestess fighting to save her Celtic religion in a country where Christianity threatens to destroy the pagan way of life. [ 1 ]
It’s a re-telling of the Arthurian legend from the perspective of the female leads in the story. Boom. Femisnist re-tellings, well-established fantasy—hook, line, and sinker, I am in. Please ...
Dec 1, 1982 · 742books4,651followers. Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series, often with a feminist outlook.Bradley's first published novel-length work was Falcons of Narabedla, first published in the May 1957 issue of Other Worlds. When she was a child, Bradley stated that ...
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The Mists of Avalon is an adaptation of the legends of King Arthur by author Marion Zimmer Bradley. Zimmer Bradley’s novel diverges from most Arthurian adaptations by focusing on the perspectives of the female characters surrounding King Arthur, bringing their occasionally sidelined stories front and center. Zimmer Bradley was a notable ...
As Morgaine and Gwenhwyfar struggle for control over the fate of Arthur’s kingdom, as the Knights of the Round Table take on their infamous quest, as Merlin and Viviane wield their magics for the future of Old Britain, the Isle of Avalon slips further into the impenetrable mists of memory, until the fissure between old and new worlds’ and ...
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The Mists of Avalon: With Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen, Samantha Mathis. Tales of Camelot and Avalon, told from the perspective of the women of Uther and Arthur Pendragon's world.
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Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Mists of Avalon is a monumental undertaking: a retelling of the legendary tale of King Arthur from the point of view of the women who are central to the story. One in ...
