Phil Rickman: The Bones of Avalon (USA 2011) From the Publisher: It is 1560, and Elizabeth Tudor has been on the throne for a year. Dr. John Dee, at 32 already acclaimed throughout Europe, is her astrologer and consultant in the hidden arts... a controversial appointment in these days of superstition and religious strife. When dangerous questions of Elizabeth's legitimacy arise, the mild, bookish Dee finds himself summoned before William Cecil, who tasks him with an important mission. Along with Robert Dudley, Dee's daring friend and former student who is also rumored to be the Queen's secret lover, Dee must travel to the famously mystical town of Glastonbury to find the missing bones of King Arthur. Once these long-lost relics, the embodiment of a legacy vitally important to the Tudor line, are ensconced in London, doubts as to the Queen's supremacy as the rightful Tudor heir will be dispelled. But the quest quickly turns deadly -- Dee and Dudley arrive in Glastonbury to discover the town mourning the gruesome execution of its abbot, and more death soon follows at the old abbey. Racing to uncover the secrets buried there, Dee finds himself caught in the tangled roots of English magic, unexpected violence, the breathless stirring of first love... and the cold heart of a complex plot against Elizabeth. Phil Rickman: The Bones of Avalon. A Novel. St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 9780312672386 (Juni, 2011), 384 p., $25.99.
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Phil Rickman: The Bones of Avalon (UK 2010) From the Publisher: Phil Rickman: The Bones of Avalon. Being Edited From the most Private Documents of Dr John Dee, Astrologer and Consultant to Queen Elizabeth. Atlantic Books; ISBN: 9781848872721 (October, 2010), 534 p., £7.99.
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Phil Rickman: The Bones of Avalon (UK 2010) From the Publisher: It is 1560, and Elizabeth Tudor has been on the throne for a year. Dr John Dee, at 32 already acclaimed throughout Europe, is her astrologer and consultant in the hidden arts... a controversial appointment in these days of superstition and religious strife. Now the mild, bookish Dee has been sent to Glastonbury to find the missing bones of King Arthur, whose legacy was always so important to the Tudor line. With him -- hardly the safest companion -- is his friend and former student, Robert Dudley, a risk-taker, a wild card... and possibly the Queen's secret lover. The famously mystical town is still mourning the gruesome execution of its Abbot, Richard Whiting. But why was the Abbot really killed? What is the secret held by the monks since the Abbey was founded by Joseph of Arimathea, uncle of Christ and guardian of the Holy Grail? The mission takes Dee to the tangled roots of English magic, into unexpected violence, necromantic darkness, the breathless stirring of first love... and the cold heart of a complex plot against Elizabeth. Phil Rickman: The Bones of Avalon. Being Edited From the most Private Documents of Dr John Dee, Astrologer and Consultant to Queen Elizabeth. Atlantic Books; ISBN: 9781848872707 (April, 2010), 440 p., £16.99.
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