{"title":"Books by Juliet E McKenna","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781915202222","title":"The Cleaving","description":"\u003cb\u003eFour women, four destinies – the future of King Arthur's court…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fresh, feminist retelling of the Arthurian legends\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cleaving \u003c\/i\u003eis an Arthurian retelling that follows the tangled stories of four women: Nimue, Ygraine, Morgana, and Guinevere, as they fight to control their own destinies amid the wars and rivalries that will determine the destiny of Britain. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe legendary epics of King Arthur and Camelot don’t tell the whole story. Chroniclers say Arthur’s mother Ygraine married the man that killed her husband. They say that Arthur's half-sister Morgana turned to dark magic to defy him and Merlin. They say that the enchantress Nimue challenged Merlin and used her magic to outwit him. 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