Aurelia
"Aurelia: Last witness of an elder time, handmaid of the age to come. It was a time of the end of empire. The world was in turmoil. The Romans were abandoning Britain, leaving the remaining servants of empire to try to stem the tide of chaos. Aurelia was one such, the child of a prefect, and wife of...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Riverdale, NY :
Baen,
[2025]
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| Series: | Lawhead, Stephen R., 1950- Pendragon cycle ;
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| Summary: | "Aurelia: Last witness of an elder time, handmaid of the age to come. It was a time of the end of empire. The world was in turmoil. The Romans were abandoning Britain, leaving the remaining servants of empire to try to stem the tide of chaos. Aurelia was one such, the child of a prefect, and wife of another. The entire world had changed around her. How could she raise her sons to thrive in such a world? Everywhere, it seemed, the old, well-ordered realm she had been born into was passing away to be replaced by... what? It was that question her sons, Aurelian and Arthur, with the help of Merlin, were to answer...."-- |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 401 pages : illustration ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781668072349 1668072343 |
| Author Notes: | He wrote his first novel, In the Hall of the Dragon King (1982) to try to support his family. This launched his literary career. Many of Lawhead's works are based on Celtic history and Arthurian legend. He has also written children's books, adapting many of them from stories he told his children. Lawhead's various series include Bright Empires, The Pendragon Cycle, and the King Raven Trilogy. The second book in the King Raven Trilogy, Scarlet, won a Christy Award in the category of Visionary Fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) |
