| Queen of the Lightning was winner ofthe 1983 Historical Novel Prize,awardedannually in England in memory ofGeorgette Heyer It is A.D. 641. Britain is a land of warringtribes, of small kingdoms that fiercelyguard their sovereignty, not only fromeach other bnt also from bands of robberswho roam the countryside. Cumbria, withits misty mountains and faerie landscape,is governed by a great Celtic dynasty. Abrave and mighty line of warriors hasdwindled to one last princess, heiress tothe crown: Riemmelth, Qneen of theLightning. Before the old King dies, heknows he must safeguard Cumbria from border wars and internal feuding. And the only way to do that is to wed Riemmelth, his granddaughter, to one of the hated English. They are brash, crude new- comers, but only they--especially Oswy of Northumbria--can maintain peace in the land. So Riemmelth, in love with one man, must marry another: an enemy she has been taught to hate all her life. The stormy nnion between Riemmelth and Oswy, set against the bloody battles, magical legends, and flowery chivalry of the times, is the final l inkthat fnses Celtic, English, and Rotman blood into tire first great British civilization of the Darl Ages. |
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