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Title: Prince of Dreams: A Tale of Tristan and Essylte by NANCY MCKENZIE ISBN: 0-345-45650-5 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fresh New Perspective on Tristan & Essylte!
Comment: It would seem the story of Tristan and Essylte would be a much told, tired story by now. However, this author puts some new twists on the old legend and breathes life into its characters. The fates are against these two lovers from the beginning but they try to make a valiant showing throughout the book. Essylte's maidservant, Branwen, is not what she seems and she brings about many of the circumstances Essylte and Tristan endure. King Markion, who is now high king of Britain is Tristan's uncle and wishes to wed the Welsh Princess to bring unity to Britain. Unfortunately, his scope is very limited and Tristan and many others only support him because there is no one better to do so. Except for Tristan, of course, however, he does not desire the high kingship, only Essylte, someone he is never destined to have.
It is a wild ride with much intrigue and many interesting twists that will keep the reader enthralled from beginning to end. I highly recommend this novel to anyone interested in "The Matter of Britain."
Rating: 3
Summary: Destruction in slow motion...
Comment: Don't get me wrong. Nancy McKenzie's prose evokes a distant time. You can hear the storm pounding against the castle walls, smell the blood of Saxon battles, and feel the anguish in Tristan's heart as he longs for a woman he loves but cannot have. And yet...despite the beauty of the language and the vivid characters, I felt a mounting frustration with the doomed Tristan and Esseulte.
These are not an English set of Romeo and Juliet. The Shakespearean lovers only destroyed one other person besides themselves. Tristan and Esseulte manage to destroy friends, family, unborn babies, and kingdoms by their obsession with each other. They refuse to give the other up despite numerous separations, yet neither one will sacrifice all their supposed obligations to other people to be together. It is this refusal to totally commit that involves others in their destructive orbit. Tristan comes off as poetically self-destructive while Esseulte whines.
If you like your romances large in scope and filled with doomed lovers, then you may enjoy this book. Otherwise, it may be an exercise in screaming frustration.
Rating: 5
Summary: Heart-wrenching
Comment: The tale of Tristan and Essylte - a beautiful but tragic love story. This is sort of the Romeo and Juliet of ancient Briton.
I know the story mainly from the books by R. Miles - but Nancy McKenzie has a style of writing that is second-to-none. She spins a new twist on the story and ties it beautifully to her earilier book "Grail Prince". I couldn't put this down - the descriptions of their feelings for each other - their love - their desperation - their heart-wrenching separations and breath-taking reunions...McKenzie takes you there. You feel it with them and if you've ever been in love you feel it with every beautifully woven detail of the story. McKenzie continues to craft masterful works centered around the Arthurian legends and this one certainly did not disappoint!
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Title: Grail Prince by Nancy McKenzie ISBN: 0345456483 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Queen of Camelot by Nancy McKenzie ISBN: 0345445872 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Maid of the White Hands : The Second of the Tristan and Isolde Novels by ROSALIND MILES ISBN: 0609609610 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Le Morte D'Avalon by J. Robert King ISBN: 0765305941 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The House Of Pendragon, Book I: The Firebrand by Debra A. Kemp ISBN: 1592798837 Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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