Giveaway : Daughters of the Grail by Elizabeth Chadwick

Posted by kay on July 23, 2009 2:35 am in Book talk | 68 comments

Daughters of the Grail by Elizabeth Chadwick

Thirteenth-century France. Bridget has grown up mastering the mystical gifts of her ancestor, Mary Magdalene, whose unbroken female lineage has kept a legacy of wisdom alive for a thousand years. But the all-powerful Catholic Church has sworn to destroy Bridget for using her healing talents and supernatural abilities.
Bridget’s duty to continue the bloodline leads her into the arms of Raoul de Montvallant–a Catholic. But when the Church’s savage religious intolerance causes Raoul to turn rebel, a terrible vengeance is exacted by Simon de Montfort, the unstoppable Catholic leader of a crusade against peaceful “heretics.”
As war rages on, it is the children of these passionate souls, Magda and Dominic, who must strive to preserve the ancient knowledge for future generations, and find the love and courage to endure….

I read this book in my pre-blog era, and it wasn’t a good fit for me. It wasn’t bad; it was nicely written with great characters, but it just wasn’t for me. Since then, it’s been sitting on my shelves, all sad and lonely. 🙁 Which is why I chose it as my next giveaway, to find it a nice home.

But first, take a look at reviews around the blogosphere, plenty of other readers loved it!

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On Goodreads

On Librarything

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