Also by Anna Elliott:
- Georgiana Darcy's Diary / Pemberley to Waterloo Bundle
- Kitty Bennet's Diary
- Pemberley to Waterloo: Georgiana Darcy's Diary, Volume 2
- Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice continued
- London Calling: A Susanna and the Spy Novel
- Susanna and the Spy
- The Witch Queen's Secret
Add to your library
Share on Facebook
Tweet
Share on Google+
Save this on Delicious
Published: Sep. 22, 2010
Words: 25,402 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452396019
Description
He would become the most powerful wizard in the history of Britain—Merlin. She would become Britain's most storied sorceress—Morgan le Fay. But before they were legends, they were young. And they were lovers. Together, in the sunlight of one day long ago, they saved a kingdom. Dawn of Avalon. A stand-alone story from the universe of Anna Elliott’s Twilight of Avalon.Tags
merlin, sorcery, wizard, britain, morgan, sorceress, wizardry, arthurian legend, arthurian, arthurian myth and legends, arthurian myths and legends, arthurian legends, arthurian romance, dinas emrys, vortigern, uther pendragonAvailable ebook reading formats
This book is free. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.| Format | Full Book |
|---|---|
| Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser) | View |
| Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps) | Download |
| Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others) | Download |
| PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing) | Download |
| RTF (readable on most word processors) | Download |
| LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub) | Download |
| Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices) | Download |
| Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting) | Download |
| Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page) | View |
Videos
Dawn of AvalonReviews
Log-in to write a Review Log-in to add a Video Review
Review by:
Mark Owen
on Nov. 06, 2011 :
I liked it. Story portrayed well.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Sarah (Workaday Reads)
on July 03, 2011 :
Before they were famous, Merlin and Morgan le Fay were young. This is the story of the day they met and saved the kingdom they knew.
This was a short little action story with a bit of romance. Based on the description, I expected more emphasis on the relationship between Merlin and Morgan, but was content with the action-based plot.
This was a great glimpse in Arthurian tales, and left me wanting to dive into the author's full length novels.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Sharon E. Cathcart
on March 09, 2011 :
"Dawn of Avalon" is a prequel novella to Anna Elliott's "Twilight of Avalon" series. In this story, we have Merlin and Morgan meeting in the earliest days of the Arthurian sagas -- with Merlin imprisoned by Vortigern.
As a long-time reader of Arthurian legends (and a former member of the International Arthurian Society), I can say with certainty that Elliott has researched the tales and the time period very carefully. She understands all of the relationships (which are convoluted indeed) between the characters populating the lore. She even starts where many books do not: with Vortigern's plans to sacrifice a Druid because his planned tower keeps collapsing.
I enjoyed the book, although I found some of the prose a trifle clumsy (which is why I took off one star). It's a tricky thing to write description in historical fiction where the spoken word is more archaic; sometimes authors make descriptions archaic as well, which can cause a reader to stumble a bit.
Fans of Arthurian legend are sure to enjoy this tale.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Katie Lee
on Jan. 20, 2011 :
Dawn of Avalon by Anna Elliot is a prequel to her Twilight of Avalon Trilogy, which so far includes Twilight of Avalon and Dark Moon of Avalon both of which focus on the romance of Tristan and Isolde. Set in Arthurian England Dawn of Avalon looks further back at the beginning of the romance between Morgan and Merlin and establish the family relationships prior to the events of Elliott's other novels. As this novel is set apart in time, it stands alone as a complete, if short, work and it is not necessary to be familiar with the Elliot's other books to enjoy it.
Morgan is a seer and a healer who is serving in the camp of Uther's enemies with the hope of assisting in his down fall. Disguised as a young boy and assisting in the torture of an enemy soldier, she finds that her cover may be blown and must make a choice whether to save the soldier's life and risk her own or allow him to die. It is this choice and the possible consequences she can foresee which force Morgan to confront her anger and doubts about who it is foretold she will become and question her commitment to her country.
While this is, at its heart, a romance, Elliott skillfully puts us in the mind of a young woman of great power who has to make choices which impact much more widely than just herself. The novel is fast paced as the event progress and I felt swept along with the predicament the characters find themselves in. While you might expect this 'free' novel to merely advertise Elliott's other novels, it is a fully complete, stand-alone novel with an engaging plot and characters. This type of publication is one of the many hidden gems of the ePublishing industry, and one I hope many other authors will take note of.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Tora Tyler
on Nov. 15, 2010 :
Love. Love. Love. :) To tell the truth, I've never been a big Merlin fan, but I do respect Morgan, if not for her life-style, then at least for her strength as a woman. I love how the two are portrayed in this short prequel, the characters are rich, the attraction is grand and the ending is now my facebook status (lol). Well written material of the literary kind. ^+^
(review of free book)