Queen of the Summer Stars

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Queen of the Summer Stars
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First edition
Author Persia Woolley
Series Guinevere trilogy
Genre Historical novel
Published1990 Simon and Schuster
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN 978-0-671-62202-2
OCLC 24434678
Preceded by Child of the Northern Spring  
Followed by Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn  

Queen of the Summer Stars is a 1991 novel by Persia Woolley and is the second volume of the Guinevere trilogy that relate the Arthurian legend from the perspective of Guinevere. The novel introduces Lancelot and also outlines King Arthur's victory at the Battle of Badon Hill as well as his betrayal by his halfsister Morgan la Fay, the death of Merlin and the death of Morgause by her son Agravain Guinevere takes in and raises Mordred Morgause and Arthur's son after Mordred is revealed to Guinevere as King Arthur's son. [1]

References

  1. Lambdin, Laura C.; Robert T. Lambdin (2008). Arthurian writers: a biographical encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 353. ISBN   9780313346828.