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A story rich in myth, characterisation and history is told by each of the two main characters. Joseph of Arimathea, known as Eosaidh in the book, comes to England in his job as a trader and traveller and meets Vivian, the High Priestess of the Goddess at Avalon. It begins when Joseph, ready to cease from his travelling, comes to end his life in the West Country. Here he encounters Vivian again and their story of love and honour unfolds in the context of the ending of one world and the dawn of another as the Romans invade and change England forever. Like all good stories, once begun I could not put it down. Vivian describes the land, my land, as only a priestess can and I am drawn to see and feel things locked deep in my memory that I had forgotten. I remembered mud between the toes, darkness, real darkness of the sky at night and the sounds and touch of the marsh, of water and of the land. I hear the characters’ voices, feel the turbulence in their hearts, and the deep longings of their souls as if they were mine. The book gives me more than a wonderful story – I look at the land and the people I live with differently.

by Peter Neall
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