Also, later on, monks appear on the scene and spread the Gospel throughout the settlements of Celtic and Atlantean peoples. There are venerations, dreams, and other mentions of Celtic gods Taliesin, before his conversion, is considered a druid-bard, and there are gatherings of bards within the story. There are venerations of the Greek gods throughout the beginning of the story once a bull is slain as a sacrifice to the pagan gods. It is not until late into the book that Christianity arrives, but the pagans seem to have a good handle on what is good and what is evil. Together they discover the redeeming love of Christ and, as man and wife, create one of the most enduring legends of Britain: Merlin. The boy Taliesin grows, wise and gifted in song, to meet and fall in love with the beautiful foreign princess. Meanwhile, in the wild lands of Britain, a luckless young man discovers a baby, still alive, caught in nets in a winter river. One of the few survivors of the island’s demise, the princess sets off across the ocean to seek another home. An unorthodox but enjoyable read of Atlantis, Britain, and the beginning of the Arthurian saga.Ĭharis, daughter and princess of the idyllic island of Atlantis, has her beautiful world broken slowly and methodically as first her family and then her country are swallowed up in the past.
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