Queen of the Summer Stars

In a country simmering with witchcraft and unholy alliances, Guinevere joined forces with her husband, King Arthur, to gain control of Britain's warring knights. Neither a renowned beauty nor an elegant courtier, she was the lively partner who shared his dream: to create the most elegant court "in the world, or at least this side of Constantinople".

By Arthur's side, she presided over fabled heroes and treacherous villains, counting among her companions Gawain, Merlin, Tristan and Isolde. But Guinevere's greatest battles were with dangers Arthur could not see: Morgan le Fey, the evil beauty who would usurp her brother's throne, and Lancelot, the magnificent knight who would capture Guinevere's love. Vibrantly human and touchingly real, she reigned as Arthur's wife and Britain's High Queen--and as a woman poised to discover the true peril and promise of the human heart.