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A posthumous recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, Marion Zimmer Bradley reinvented - and rejuvenated - the King Arthur mythos with her extraordinary Mists of Avalon series. In this epic work, Bradley follows the arc of the timeless tale from the perspective of its previously marginalized female characters: Celtic priestess Morgaine, Gwenhwyfar, and High Priestess Viviane.

"Jadis on m'a donné les noms les plus divers : ceux de sœur, d'amante, de prêtresse, de mage et de reine." Morgane la Fée, prêtresse d'Avalon. Quand Viviane, prêtresse d'Avalon, arrive accompagnée du grand sage Merlin, Ygerne, femme du duc de Tintagel, ne peut contenir la joie de revoir sa sœur. Mais elle est de courte durée. La Dame du Lac lui annonce sa prochaine grossesse - fruit d'une union avec un autre homme - et le destin de l'enfant qu'elle portera : futur Haut Roi de Grande Bretagne, il unira et protégera les peuples présents sur ses terres.

She was Eilan, the daughter of a Druidic warleader and gifted with visions. In a land struggling to survive both Roman conquerors and her own people's enemies, surely fate had marked her to become a priestess of the Forest House. But first Eilan had chosen a different, forbidden path - to love Gaius, a soldier of mixed blood among the legions sent to subdue her country. So she must hide a terrible secret when she is anointed as the new High Priestess.

When a British princess falls in love with a Roman officer destined for imperial greatness, their forbidden desire exacts an unexpected price: banishment from Avalon. Journeying outside the enchanted isle, Helena grows from maiden to mother to wisewoman, experiencing both joy---with the birth of her child---and loss, when politics forces her lover to choose between the Empire and her.

Through the generations the women of Avalon prepare for the coming of the Defender, the sacred king who will guard the old ways of the Britons and save their land from destruction. On the holy isle of Avalon, hidden in the mists between the world of Faerie and the world of men, they wait. For High Priestess Caillean, facing the Roman foe, salvation comes not through victory, but bitter sacrifice.

Bien des siècles avant la naissance du Roi Arthur et la venue des "Dames du Lac" dans l'Île d'Avalon, au temps de la conquête par Rome des terres voilées de brume de la Grande-Bretagne, vivait une jeune adolescente, Elane, fille d'un druide qui haïssait l'occupant. Aimant d'un amour interdit un jeune Romain qui, grâce à elle, a échappé à la mort, Elane est soudain appelée à succéder à la Haute Prêtresse, gardienne et protectrice des rites et des croyances de son peuple.

Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods, and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War. Reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate is seen through the eyes of Kassandra—priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior.

Leonie Hastur has a high degree of laran, the telepathic power of the Comyn caste, and wants to be Keeper of Arilinn Tower, which will give her as much power as her twin brother Lorill, Heir to Hastur. But she has a premonition that something strange and disturbing will come from the sky and change their world forever. She is correct. Ysaye Barnett loves life on shipboard and would happily stay right there, with her beloved computers, forever.

Bien avant la légende du roi Arthur et Camelot, Avalon était là, majestueuse terre arborant vallées dorées et brumes argentées. Sur cette île, siège de la Déesse Mère, trois prêtresses puissantes façonnent la destinée de l'Angleterre en luttant pour regagner la magie et les traditions d'un monde autrefois moins sombre. Acculées par les envahisseurs, pouvoirs et visions sont leurs seules armes dans ce combat pour la liberté.

Au IIIe siècle, Eilan, fille d'une prêtresse et d'un prince de Grande-Bretagne, part sur l'île d'Avalon suivre l'apprentissage rare et magique réservé aux servantes de la Déesse. Au contact des femmes d'exception qui enseignent et règnent sur ce lieu mythique, l'enfant se familiarise avec les rites et les sortilèges, mais aussi avec les lois de cette lignée de magiciennes. En grandissant, elle découvre les rivalités et le courage nécessaire pour se forger une identité parmi ces condisciples ambitieuses.

In the era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a time of war and unrest, a legendary friendship is forged between king and keeper which will lead to a new destiny for Darkover.

In the era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a time of war and unrest, King Carolin of Hastur and his friend, Keeper Varzil Ridenow, work selflessly to put an end to the destruction caused by the long-range weapons of the magical matrix Towers. But Eduin Deslucido - who once called Carolin brother - has been consumed with a vengeful rage, and will stop at nothing to destroy the king and his plan for peace.

The heroine, Zadieyek of Gyre has been captured and sold as a slave, who has amnesia and remembers nothing of her life before the trip across the desert with the slavers - and, due to a head injury, remembers mercifully little of that. But she does know that she would rather fight in the arena than be a harlot for the men who do…While she remains a slave, she’s quite different from the typical 'slave girl' - she grows and develops, always searching for her memory and her past, convinced that this is not how her life is supposed to be. And, of course, she's right.

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Morgaine, die Hohepriesterin des Nebelreichs Avalon und Schwester von Artus, erzählt die wahre Geschichte ihres königlichen Bruders...

Die berühmte Artus-Sage aus weiblicher Sicht: Marion Zimmer Bradley erzählt in "Die Nebel von Avalon" die bekannte Geschichte von König Artus völlig neu. Die Fernseh- und Theaterschauspielerin Katharina Spiering verleiht dem Hörbuch mit ihrer lyrischen Erzählstimme eine ganz besondere Atmosphäre.

In Darkover’s dim past, before the tumultuous Ages of Chaos, small kingdoms still vied for power. But with the rise of psychic abilities called laran, unscrupulous leaders turned to half-trained sorcerers for an advantage. One such struggle arose between the realms of Hastur and its ambitious neighbor, Carcosse. Leora Hastur is still a child when her laran awakens, and the resulting crisis almost claims her life. Her beloved older sister, Neave, and her father’s small circle of telepathic workers manage to save her, but nothing can shield her from the horrors of the impending war.

At one time Race Cargill had been the best Terran Intelligence agent on the complex and mysterious planet of Wolf. He had repeatedly imperiled his life amongst the half-human and non-human creatures of the sullen world. And he had repeatedly accomplished the fantastic missions until his name was emblazoned with glory.But that had all seemingly ended. For six long years he'd sat behind a boring desk inside the fenced-in Terran Headquarters, cut off there ever since he and a rival had scarred and ripped each other in blood-feud.But when THE DOOR THROUGH SPACE swung suddenly open, the feud was on...

Regis Hastur was the heir to the most powerful domain on Darkover. When his grandfather died, he would inherit the title Hastur of Hastur, Regent of Darkover - king in everything but name. But ironically, this mantle was the last thing Regis had ever wanted. For he dreamed of a different kind of life - a life with the freedom to live and love like an ordinary man, without the expectations and responsibilities of his position.

Nobody alive knew how the feud between Storn and Hammerfell had begun, but that didn't stop the fighting. When Storn's men burned Hammerfell's castle, his infant twin sons were separated, and each grew up thinking himself the rightful Duke of Hammerfell. Conn, raised in the mountains by his father's paxman, continued to fight the Storns. Alastair grew up with his mother in Thendara and planned to marry his cousin, Floria. But when Conn came to Thendara to seek King Aiden's help, and the twins encountered each other, it changed all their lives.