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Rating: Summary: Superb Review: Avalon has long been one of my favourite Anya Seton novels. Beautifully written and historically sound, Ms Seton's writing is, as always, superior. It is a shame her books are out of print.
Rating: Summary: avalon - the Saga of Merewyn Review: I read Avalon about six years ago, when I was sixteen. My mother read it twenty-seven years ago, about five years before I was born. That's how I came to be named Merewyn. I hated my name until I read Avalon. Merewyn is a cool character, and now I'm proud to be named Merewyn.
Rating: Summary: Avalon by Anya Seton Review: I read Avalon about six years ago, when I was sixteen. My mother read it twenty-seven years ago, about five years before I was born. That's how I came to be named Merewyn. I hated my name until I read Avalon. Merewyn is a cool character, and now I'm proud to be named Merewyn.
Rating: Summary: Perfectly wonderful reading! Review: I read this book many years ago. I often think about it, along with "Katherine" and "Green Darkness," possibly the best and most memorable book I have ever read. All are out of print, and whenever I am in a used book store, I look for them. Why doesn't someone out there in the publishing world reissue these treasures? There is a market for this.
Rating: Summary: ALL Anya Setons books Review: I was reading comments about Anya Seton's books, and there was one I had to heartily agree with.... to please have Seton's books printed again... as gift box sets, what a wonderful idea! She is one author who truly brings to life characters and the era, I find they haunt me. I read "Katherine" 33 years ago, I plan on re-reading that and probably others. She is a special author - please bring those books back!
Rating: Summary: It's actually worth 10 stars! Review: If you love books, you'll REALLY love this! The whole book was just great! It tells the story of a young Cornish girl who's life is intertwined with that of a French prince. He meets her on the shores of Cornwall just to ask directions. And that is just the beggining. This is such an AWESOME book! It is one of those books that you can picture being a movie! (And a good one at that!) I reccommend it to any and everyone! You will love it! I GUARENTEE IT!
Rating: Summary: Reissue Anya Seton's Novels! Review: Just wanted to add my two cents... why doesn't some publisher reissue all of Anya Seton's novels? A couple of boxed sets would be nice... These are romances for thinking people -- well written, historically accurate, gripping, memorble. I would love to buy a set. I originally read library copies many years ago.
Rating: Summary: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS ONE'S OUT OF PRINT !!!!!!!! Review: One of the few readable novels about a very dim spot in history. I'm not sure how accurate her depiction of the time period is, but it is extremely well written and enjoyable as all of Seton's novels. Also if your interested in the development of Christianity in what is now Europe, this is the novel to read.
Rating: Summary: This book was wonderful Review: This book was amazing it enchanted me right from the start. There was never a time when i was bored, the story of a poor little cornish girl who doesn't know her own background is very moving in places and even funny sometimes, as Merewyn and Rumon search for thier love. Its a spectacular book and i don't understand why it is out of print. i'm just glad i got to it before it went out of print.
Rating: Summary: avalon - the Saga of Merewyn Review: This is a wonderful, romantic tale, almost a saga. Though the main character is fictional, the story itself is set in an interesting historical period and the details are accurate.Merewyn leaves Cornwall at fifteen, after the death of her mother. She travels into England in the company of Rumon, who is the historical figure Romieux de Provence, shipwrecked on the Cornish coast. Merewyn works for some time at England's royal court and then stays at a nunnery, following the assassination of one unfortunate English king. Fate intervenes dramatically with her life when she has to return to Cornwall after the death of the Abbess of her convent. Anya Seton has woven a charming story around the figure of Rumon, a Cornish saint. Merewyn believes herself descended from the ancient, royal line of King Arthur. This is a sustaining myth in her life. Merewyn's actual parentage is far less romantic and has to do with Viking raids on the Cornish coast. The story of the star-crossed love of Merewyn and Rumon is just one strand of this story. England in the tenth century was subject to periodic invasion from the Norsemen - this is a major part of the plot, which is romantic yet plausible. Merewyn does a great deal of travelling both planned and unexpected, to find her real identity. I first read this novel many years ago, and have since read it many times. I warmly recommend it to new readers.
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