His men smuggle him into the Queen's fort at Dubh Lein, and beg the princess to save him.įrom this first meeting of star-crossed lovers, an epic story unfolds. He must be taken to Ireland to be healed, but he must go in disguise-for if the Queen finds out who killed her beloved, he will follow Marhaus into the spirit world. When he lies victorious but near death on the field of battle, Tristan knows that his only hope of survival lies to the West. A member of the Round Table, Tristan has returned to the land of his birth after many years in exile, only to face Ireland's fiercest champion in combat. King Mark of Cornwall sends forth his own champion to do battle with the Irish-Sir Tristan of Lyonesse-a young, untested knight with a mysterious past. The Queen is influenced by her lover, Sir Marhaus, who urges her to invade neighboring Cornwall and claim it for her own, a foolhardy move Isolde is determined to prevent. La Belle Isolde, like her mother, is famed for her beauty, but she is a healer instead of a warrior, "of all surgeons, the best among the isles.” A natural peacemaker, Isolde is struggling to save Ireland from a war waged by her dangerously reckless mother.
Isolde is the only daughter and heiress of Ireland's great ruling queen, a lady as passionate in battle as she is in love. In the golden time of Arthur and Guenevere, the Island of the West shines like an emerald in the sea-one of the last strongholds of Goddess-worship and Mother-right.
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