The White Raven by Diana L. Paxson6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Esseilte and Branwen grow into teenagers together, and soon Esseilte confides in her cousin that she has a crush on Morholt, her uncle. Esseilte, the daughter of the Irish Queen Mairenn, has had a servant since birth-Branwen, the dark-haired illegitimate daughter of Queen Mairenn's brother Morholt. ![]() The novel opens with a description of the relationship between Branwen and her cousin and confidante, Esseilte. The novel focuses not only on the love story but also on the complicated political and religious undertones of the period, which shaped the lives of these two lovers. Esseilte's cousin Branwen narrates the tale, experiencing both the meeting of the fated couple and their nefarious and tragic plot to be together, despite the pain they cause each other. Set in 6th-century Ireland during the period of Celtic language and Druid religions, Diana L Paxson’s fantasy-romance novel The White Raven is a retelling of the classic story of Tristan and Isolde, though Paxson uses the characters' Celtic names, Drustan and Esseilte. ![]()
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