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Sharan Newman has created a portrait of what Guinevere might have been like--not a cardboard character who has been both deified and vilified over the centuries, but someone who was as bound by prophecy as Arthur and whose will ultimately was not all her own. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Too simplistic, Jun 5 2003

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Ce commentaire est de: Guinevere (Paperback)

I found this book a bit to simplistic. The writing was rather...basic. I would have found this book simple enough for a young teenager to read. I just didn't feel that the talent was there in comparison to Miles, McKenzie, Cornwell and Zimmer-Bradly. The story gets across, but it is filled with silly childish things like the unicorn - a total waste of pages. I also found the development of characters like Caet, Flora and the brother and sister living alone in the wilderness are all very poorly done. I didn't "KNOW" them and therefore, their motivation for doing things was also not well understood.
If you are looking for a fast read (short book) and like the Arthurian legends - you may find some interest here. However, there are about 10 books I'd suggest before this one.

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2.0 out of 5 stars The Golden Girl, Jan 9 2003

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Ce commentaire est de: Guinevere (Paperback)

The title of my book is Guinevere, by Sharon Newman. Guinevere the main charachter told about how she was growing up. She told about the major eventsthat take plaace during her life. she was very detailed in discribing the events. Such when she was a child, teenager and adult. I had a very clear vision of all the events that took place, but some of it was confusing.
Guinevere did talk about her family members; Mark her brother, Flora her maid, and her parents. The part that I like a lot was when she got married to someone very well known in history. Which I won't spoil the ending if the book sounds interesting to you so that you can enjoy reading it.
Personally, I don't think that the book was a worth the reading because of how confusing it was. This made it difficult to tell exactly what the author was trying to get through to you, such as a moral. The book would probably be better for high school age students and above. I just thought that the book was uninteresting and very long worded. It took me about 3 weeks to finish the book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An Arthurian Story With a Twist, Jan 8 2003

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Ce commentaire est de: Guinevere (Paperback)

Although the simple title of Guinevere makes it seem awfully bland, this novel proves one should never judge a book by its cover. This book portrays Guinvere in a different light. She presents herself as a flaxen haired youth who grows to realize all the glory, love, and bitterness life brings. In the company of a mythical creature, Guinevere presents herself as charming, gentle, and at times extremely na�ve. One would never imagine she would add ammo to the arsenal that would bring down her own husband and his round table.
Set in Briton in the medieval time period, this novel is told in third person. Newman changes the traditional Arthurian saga in a few ways. According to this book, Merlin was related to Guinevere, being her mothers cousin. Gawain is the son of Morgan Le Fay and is under a curse that makes him fall into deep sleep at the first sign of twilight. Also, Igraine, Arthur's mother, was forced to marry Uther, Arthur's father. Moreover, Arthur knew nothing about his past until well into his twenties. A common theme that came up was relations. As briefly explained earlier, the various characters were connected by either marriage or birth. For instance, by marrying Arthur, brother of Morgan Le Fay and uncle of Gawaine, Guinevere becomes the aunt of her dear friend. The main conflict in the story is the fact that the Saxons are invading. This leads to many other conflicts such as the death of Guinevere's three brothers, the temporary capture of Guinevere herself, and a captured Saxon girl coming to live with Guinevere in her foster home. As a final warning, I tell you that this book contains many twists, so expect the unexpected.
Overall, I enjoyed this novel and recommend it to anyone thirteen and over because it illustrates the kind of life that Guinevere, Arthur, and Merlin would live with in their day and age.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! Read all 3
Guinevere is a great book. I read it in a day. I couldn't put it down. Sharan Newman's use of descriptive words had me feeling like I was living in that era. Lisez davantage

Published on Dec 2 2002 by Christina Harris

2.0 out of 5 stars I didn't like it.
I did not like this book. I lost interest early in the book
but I did finish it.

Published on Aug 14 2002