`Lady of Avalon' by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Chicago Sun-Times | July 7, 1997| | Copyright

Lady of Avalon (Viking, $24.95) is an enchanting look at 400 years of pre-Arthurian English history through the stories of several high priestesses of Avalon, the sacred isle housing the Holy Grail. The book is a prequel to the author's best-selling novel The Mists of Avalon, a retelling of the legend of King Arthur, and a sequel to The Forest House.

The heroines are precursors to the character of Morgaine (the Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend) in The Mists of Avalon; like her they struggle to preserve Avalon's ancient Druid wisdom in the face of the political and religious turbulence ...

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