lands of Lyonnesse and Ys; on a clear day, so the fisherman said, their old castles could be seen far out under the water. But to Igraine they looked like towers of rock, ancient mountains and hills drowned by the ever encroaching sea that nibbled away, even now, at the very crags below the castle.
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The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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When Morgan le Fay (Morgaine) has to sacrifice her virginity during fertility rites, the man who impregnates her is her younger brother Arthur, who she turns against when she thinks he has betrayed the old religion of Avalon.
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Fiction, Arthurian romances, Arthur, in fiction, Avalon (Legendary place), Adaptations, Kings and rulers, Britons in fiction, Kings and rulers in fiction, Britons, Great Britain in fiction, History, Fantasy, Bretons de Grande-Bretagne, Cycle d'Arthur, Rois et souverains, Romans, nouvelles, Fiction, fantasy, historical, Arthur, king, fiction, England, fictionPeople
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The mists of Avalon
1984, Ballantine Books
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- 1st Ballantine Books trade ed.
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"lands of Lyonnesse and Ys; on a clear day, so the fisherman said, their old castles could be seen far out under the water. But to Igraine they looked like towers of rock, ancient mountains and hills drowned by the ever encroaching sea that nibbled away, even now, at the very crags below the castle."
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