Tristan and Isolde are in love, but Isolde must marry King Mark. So a happy love story seems impossible... The lovers meet every day but then, one night, King Mark finds them together. Now Tristan must leave the castle, but he is badly hurt and dying. Only Isolde can help him. Can Isolde find Tristan in time? Can their love survive?
Tristan is a young knight serving at the castle of his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. Mark sends Tristan to Ireland to slay a dragon and bring back Mark's bride, Princess Isolde. But on the voyage home, Tristan and Isolde fall in love. They realize they must choose duty and loyalty or risk many dangers to be together.
One of the great romances of the Middle Ages, Tristan and Isolde has inspired writers, poets, artists and musicians for centuries. After slaying a dragon and winning a tournament, the young prince Tristan wins the hand of beautiful Isolde for marriage to his uncle, King Mark. But on their journey back to Mark’s court, they drink a love potion that was intended for the king and his young bride. They instantly fall in love - a love that is impossible.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 6 December 2010
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Isolde - Queen of the Western Isle
This first book in Miles's new Tristan and Isolde trilogy is a fantastical riff on the classic account of passionate star-crossed lovers. The young Isolde is the beautiful Princess of Ireland, the Western Isle. Blessed with the gift of healing, she is also cursed with a wildly passionate mother, the Queen, ruled by her desire for men rather than concern for her people. While the Queen is more caricature than character, the feminist Miles presents a fully realized woman in Isolde: sexual, spiritual, tormented and impassioned.