Witch of the North: Witch of the North

by Courtway Jones

Book Overview

Against the background of fifth-century England, Morgan la Fey--King Arthur's beautiful half-sister--is forced to leave the man she loves and raise a family of sons who help her establish a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671734067
• ISBN13: 9780671734060
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A fascinating and informative Arthurian book.

Morgan is the daughter of Igraine and Gorlais, the Duke of Cornwall. When Uther Pendragon seizes Igraine and kills Gorlais, young Morgan is thrust out into the wider world. Trying to find her way in the world of Dark Ages Britain, her fate proves inescapably linked with that of King Arthur (her half-brother) and his Knights of the Round Table.This book is a sequel to In the Shadow of the Oak King, but can easily be read as a stand-alone book. As with the previous book, magic is limited to telepathy and telempathy. Professor Jones' use of the old customs that would have been present in Arthur's Britain makes for some fascinating and informative reading. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any fan of King Arthur.

Jones does it again!

Author Courtway Jones takes us once again to the Kingdom of Camelot. This second installment is this time told from the prospective of Morgan, daughter of Igraine and her first husband. Morgan becomes half sister to Arthur when King Uther takes the Lady Igraine for himself. Morgan's story of being trained by the Lady of the Lake, going off to raise the sons of a widower, and then returning to the intrigues at Camelot keeps the reader riveted. Jones develops his characters so well that you can see them in your minds eye and you find yourself swept up in the intrigue as though you are there. This book leaves the reader with a true sense of what the characters of legend might really have been experiencing. They are very realistically portaited. There are simple reasons for the way the story plays out, rather than the mystical stories usually spun around Camelot. This reader hopes that the next book is as good as the last two.