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  Ganeda [Ganiedda], Merlin’s half-sister, wife of Ridarchus

  *Germanianus, lord of the southern Votadini

  Gerontius the Elder, prince of Dumnonia

  *Gerontius the younger, son of Docomaglos

  *Gillomanus—an Irish raider

  Godwulf, a Saxon thyle in the service of Vitalinus

  Gorangonus, prince of Cantium

  GORLOSIUS, his elder son

  (*Hadrian, emperor A.D. 117–138, builder of the Wall)

  *HENGEST, a mercenary warrior from Anglia

  *Horsa, Hengest’s brother

  IGIERNE [Igraine], Artor’s mother, the daughter of Amlodius and Argantel

  Junius Lupercus, commander of the the warriors who guard the Isle

  Kurdalagon, legendary smith of the Sarmatians

  LEUDONUS [Lot], king of the Votadini

  MADERUN, princess of Moridunon, Merlin’s mother

  Maglicun, a druid in the service of Vitalinus

  Maglos Leonorus of Venta Belgarum, king of the Belgae

  (*Magnus Maximus [Maxen Wledig]—emperor of Britannia 383–387)

  Martinus, a Christian priest and follower of Augustinus of Hippo

  Matauc of Dorchester—king of the Durotriges

  Matauc Morbrin [Madoc Morvrinus], Merlin’s stepfather

  Maugantius, a philosopher in Vitalinus’s service

  MORGAUSE, daughter of Igierne and Gorlosius, married to Leudonus

  *Octha, son of Hengest

  *Oesc, son of Octha and Hengest’s heir

  Pascentius—a Frisian raider

  Peretur [Peredur], son of Eleutherius, lord of Eboracum

  Reginwynna [Rowenna], daughter of Hengest, wife of Vitalinus

  *Ridarchus [Rhydderch], king at Altacluta

  (Rigantona, daughter of Gutuator, Argantel’s grandmother)

  *Johannes Riothamus—a British warlord in Gallia

  Sulpicius—prince of Deva

  *VITALINUS of Glevum, the VOR-TTGERNUS

  *VORTIMER, second son of Vitalinus

  Uthir [Uther Pendragon], brother of Ambrosius

  Jordanus

  Ulfinus

  warriors in service to Uthir

  PLACES

  Abus Fluvius—R. Humber

  Alba—Scotland

  Altacluta—Dumbarton Rock

  Ambrosiacum—Amesbury

  the Barrow on the Ridgeway—Wayland’s Smithy

  Bannhedos—Castle Dore, Cornwall

  Bremetennacum—Ribchester, in Lancashire

  Britannia—the island of Great Britain

  Calleva—Silchester

  Camulodunum—Colchester

  Cantium—Kent

  Cluta Fluvius—R. Clyde

  Cornovia—Cornwall

  Dalriada—northern Ireland

  Demetia—modern Pembrokeshire

  Deva—Chester

  Dubris—Dover

  Dumnonia—the Cornish peninsula

  Dun Ambros—Dynas Emrys, Wales

  Dun Breatann—fortress of Dumbarton

  Dun Eidyn—Edinborough

  Dun Tagell/Durocornovium—Tintagel

  Durobrivae—Water Newton

  Durolipons—Cambridge

  Durovernum Cantiacorum—Canterbury

  Durnovaria—Dorchester, Dorset

  Eburacum—York

  Eriu—Ireland

  the Fawwyth—the Fowey river, Cornwall

  Gallia—France

  Giant’s Dance—Stonehenge

  Glevum—Gloucester

  Guenet—Gwynedd, North Wales

  Hibernia, Eriu—Ireland

  Isle of Glass or Isle of Apples—Glastonbury, Somerset

  Isle of the Dead—Bardsey Isle, Wales

  Isle of Maidens—Derwent Water, Lake Country

  Isca Dumnoniorum—Exeter

  Isca Silurum—Caerleon

  Lindum—Lincoln

  Londinium—London

  Luguvalium—Carlisle

  Madoc’s Bay—Tremadoc Bay, Wales

  Maridunum—Carmarthen

  Mona—the Isle of Anglesey

  Novantae lands—Dumfriesshire & Galloway

  Noviomagus—Chichester

  Portus Adurni—Portchester (Portsmouth)

  Regnum—Chichester

  Rithergabail—Episford, Kent

  Rutupiae—Richborough, Kent

  Sabrina Fluvia—the Severn River and estuary

  Salmaes—the Solway

  Sorviodunum—Old Sarum (Salisbury)

  Stratcluta—Strathclyde

  Tamesis Fluvius—Thames River

  Tanatus Insula—Isle of Thanet, Kent

  Tava Fluvius—the Tay

  Treonte, Trisantona—the Trent

  Vecta Insula—Isle of Wight

  Venta—later Gwent, modern Monmouthshire

  Votadini lands—southeast Scotland, from the firth of Forth to the Wall

  Venta Belgarum—Winchester

  Venta Icenorum—Caistor, Norfolk

  Venta Silurum—Caerwent

  Verulamium—St. Albans

  the Wae—the River Wye

  the White Horse—White Horse on Uffington Downs

  ALSO BY DIANA L. PAXSON

  The Serpent’s Tooth

  The White Raven

  Wodan’s Children Trilogy

  The Dragons of the Rhine

  The Wolf and the Raven

  The Lord of Horses

  With Adrienne Martine-Barnes

  Master of Earth and Water

  The Shield Between the Worlds

  Sword of Fire and Shadow

  COPYRIGHT

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

  THE HALLOWED ISLE: BOOK ONE: THE BOOK OF THE SWORD. Copyright © 1999 by Diana L. Paxson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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  Paxson, Diana L.

  The hallowed isle / by Diana L. Paxson.

  p. cm.

  Contents: bk. 1. The book of the sword—

  1. Great Britain—History—Anglo Saxon period. 449–1066—Fiction. 2. Arthurian romances—Adaptations. 3. Arthur, King—Fiction.

  I. Title.

  PS3566.A897H35

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  ISBN 0-380-78870-5

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