Sunday, April 1, 2012

Guinevere's Gamble

This week I read the book Guinevere's Gamble. The story is based in the time of High King Arthur. Guinevere has had a prophecy given to her that she will one day marry the High King of Britain and then betray him, which as legend goes she does. However during the story she is only 15 years old and is trying to figure out the prophecy.
She starts at the begining of the book by finding out that she has been guarded all her life by a pagan tribe who believe that she is destined to save them and that she and the high king will one day marry. She journey's to a meeting with her aunt and uncle, Queen Alyse and King Pellinore to a meeting of the Welsh Kings presided over by one of King Arthur's nights.
During this time Guinevere discovers that she has a very powerful high up enemy, King Arthur's sister, Morgana. During this time she learns about why morgana hates her.
I enjoy reading historical fiction and i have often enjoyed reading the legends of King Arthur therefor i found this book interesting. However I would not really recomend it as as book to read. I would probably rate it a 6/10.


1 comment:

  1. The book sounds very interesting, but I think that you could put some more detail in your post and maybe talk about some of the other characters in the book and what they are like. I really liked how you told us the rating of the book and if you would recommend it or not.

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