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Paperback Priestess of Avalon Book

ISBN: 0451458621

ISBN13: 9780451458629

Priestess of Avalon

(Part of the Avalon (#4) Series and Les Dames du lac (#4) Series)

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In the long-awaited return to Avalon by the beloved author of The Mists of Avalon and her collaborator, bestselling author Diana L. Paxson , Marion Zimmer Bradley fuses myth, magic and romance in a spectacular unfolding of one woman's role in the making of history and spirit...

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Rated 5 stars
Priestess of Avalon is a walk through Ancient Rome

From the best-selling author that brought you The Mists of Avalon, comes another timeless, realistic Roman tale called The Priestess of Avalon, the story of a sacred priestess that leaves behind her religious life to follow a life of love, wisdom, and power. Marion Zimmer Bradley brings to life a world of Roman history, pagan wars, and religious controversy in this soon-to-be-classic. The spectacular style in which the story...

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Read it in one sitting & loved the 1st person perspective

Reading this book was like reading Anne Rice's 'Pandora.' Like Pandora, Priestess's pace was quick and we are swiftly ushered from one stage of Helena's life to the next, and like frogs hopping across lilypads, we follow Helena through her triumphs and ordeals.This book is also written in the 1st person, which I thought added an element of intimacy and warmth. This was, after all, the story of a woman's journey through life...

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Pure enchantment

I am so sad to realise that this is the final Avalon book.It's also hard for me to guess whether or not a reader who isn't INTO the old Celtic religions would find this an interesting read, but for me, it was another wonderful, absorbing and magical read involving the occupants of the mystical island of Avalon and the gentle, loving form of their religion.A young priestess, Eilan, falls in love with a handsome Roman soldier...

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Strange As It May Be, This Is The Best Of The Lot

Of course, Priestess of Avalon isn't really part of the lot. For the most part, it's a story tangential to the Avalon epic. I also suspect Diana Paxson did a lot of the filling in of Marion Zimmer Bradley's dream of the tale. Take it in this context--as a book about Avalon but not really part of any series--and perhaps this novel will have a different meaning.The idea proposed to us the readers is that Eilan (Helena in...

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A Worthy Addition to Bradley's Avalon Series

I was thrilled to see this book in the bookstore. Marion Zimmer Bradley passed away last year, and the world lost a fabulous writer. I've always been a bigger fan of her Darkover series than the Avalon books. All told, though I love Mists of Avalon, I found it dark and depressing. This story, though it is not as overtly pagan as Mists, attempts to connect the historical elements of paganism succumbing to Christianity...

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