num_pages: 302
description: The death of a humble clergyman in 1877 leads amateur sleuths Violet Paget and John Singer Sargent into a medieval world of saints and kings-including the legendary Arthur-as they follow a trail of relics and antiquities lost since the destruction of Glastonbury Abbey in 1539. Written in alternating chapters between the two time periods The Spoils of Avalon creates a sparkling magical mystery that bridges the gap between two worlds that could hardly be more different-the industrialized Darwinian materialistic Victorian Age and the agricultural faith-infused life of a medieval abbey on the brink of violent change at the hands of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell. First in a new series of historical mysteries The Spoils of Avalon introduces two unlikely detectives and life-long friends-beginning as young people on the verge of making their names famous for the next several decades throughout Europe and America: the brilliant and brittle Violet Paget known as the writer Vernon Lee and the talented genial portrait painter John Singer Sargent.
language: English
title: The Spoils of Avalon
publisher: Sand Hill Review Press