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Daughter of Albion

"Set in Ancient Britain on the cusp of Roman invasion, Daughter of Albion is a mesmerizing novel about the collision of two worlds and a young woman torn between two men. Daughter of Albion transports the reader to the village of Caer Cad in southwest Britain, AD 43, where the dark cloud of the Roma...

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Main Author: Tampke, Ilka (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Foundlings > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > To 55 B.C. > Fiction.
Historical fiction > England
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Summary:"Set in Ancient Britain on the cusp of Roman invasion, Daughter of Albion is a mesmerizing novel about the collision of two worlds and a young woman torn between two men. Daughter of Albion transports the reader to the village of Caer Cad in southwest Britain, AD 43, where the dark cloud of the Roman Empire is gathering on the horizon. A baby girl is abandoned on the doorstep of the Tribequeen's kitchen. Cookmother takes her in and names her Ailia.Without family, Ailia is an outsider in her village, forbidden from marriage and excluded from learning. Despite this, she grows up an intelligent and brave young woman, serving the Tribequeen of her township until the day when an encounter with an enigmatic man named Taliesin leads Ailia to the Mothers, the tribal ancestors, who have chosen her for another path. Ailia's growing awareness of her future role as the tribal protector and her relationships with the two very different men she loves will be utterly tested by the imminent threat of Emperor Claudius preparing to take the island. With an incredibly compelling heroine, Daughter of Albion is a suspenseful and richly rewarding novel about women, about power, about love, and about the clash of cultures and the tenacity of belief."--From publisher's website.
Item Description:"First published in Australia under the title Skin by The Text Publishing Company"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:354 pages : map ; 25 cm
ISBN:9781250081094 (hardcover)
1250081092 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Ilka Tampke was born in Sydney, Australia in 1969. She studied theatre at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst NSW and completed honours in performance at University of Western Sydney. She directed the Sydney Women¿s Festival, Mallacoota¿s Festival of the Southern Ocean and numerous other arts and cultural events in Australia and the UK before commencing post-graduate study in writing at RMIT, Melbourne. She was writer and editor of Quest, National Journal of Adult Learning in 2010 and 2011. She was awarded a Glenfern Fellowship in 2012. Her short stories and articles have been published in various anthologies. Skin is her first novel.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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