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A review by lrsbooks7
The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
adventurous
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Signe Pike’s Lost Queen & The Forgotten Kingdom tell the entrancing story Queen Languoreth of Strathclyde & her brother & Celtic religious leader, Lailoken. While a work of fiction, Ms. Pike’s years of research means that she is able to tell a rich & vivid story that returns Languoreth & Lailoken to history. Languoreth was a powerful 5th-6th century queen whose story has been lost to time. Name & life rewritten, Lailoken became Myrdden (Merlin), a significant character in the Arthurian legends.
Ms. Pike writes 2 fascinating & engrossing novels that invoke the chaotic world of 5th-6th century British Isles. Small kingdoms fought to protect their people, their land, & their ways of life, while Anglo-Saxons attempted to establish their own fiefdoms, & Christian monks sought to supplant the Old Ways. Languoreth & her brother fight these changes as they build their lives.
Ms. Pike writes 2 fascinating & engrossing novels that invoke the chaotic world of 5th-6th century British Isles. Small kingdoms fought to protect their people, their land, & their ways of life, while Anglo-Saxons attempted to establish their own fiefdoms, & Christian monks sought to supplant the Old Ways. Languoreth & her brother fight these changes as they build their lives.