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Historical
The Wanderer and the Way | G. M. Baker | Historical (N) (I) (F)
The Camino de Santiago de Compostela, now the most famous pilgrimage
route in the world, was founded in the early ninth century, largely due
to the efforts of Bishop Theodemir of Iria Flavia. As with most people
of this period, nothing seems to be known of his early years. What
follows, therefore, is pure invention. Theodemir returns footsore and
disillusioned to his uncle’s villa in Iria Flavia, where he meets Agnes,
his uncle’s gatekeeper, a woman of extraordinary beauty. He falls
immediately in love. But Agnes has a fierce, though absent, husband; a
secret past; another name, Elswyth; and a broken heart. Witteric,
Theodemir’s cruel and lascivious uncle, has his own plans for Agnes.
When the king of Asturias asks Theodemir to undertake an embassy on his
behalf to Charles, King of the Franks, the future Charlemagne, Theodemir
plans to take Agnes with him to keep her out of Witteric’s clutches. But
though Agnes understands her danger as well as anyone, she refuses to
go. And Theodemir dares not leave without her.
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Speculative
A Grail for Eidothea (first book in The Môrdreigiau Chronicles) | Leanne Shawler | Fantasy (N) (C) (F)
At the close of the Napoleonic Wars, Eidothea Pendyr takes on an Arthurian quest to find the sea dragons' grail in order to prevent the world’s ecological collapse. The Môrdreigiau Chronicles is an alternate history romatasy series which seeks to immerse the reader into a world where magical diaries can be found, mythical sea dragons roam the seas, and quests for Arthurian objects just may save the world from ecological destruction. The first book is called “A Grail for Eidothea” and is set in 1814 on the west coast of Wales.
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