Owen Glendower

by Powys, John Cowper

• ISBN13: 9781585675210
• ISBN10: 1585675210
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-05
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

It is the year 1400, and Wales is on the brink of a bloody revolt. At a market fair on the banks of the River Dee - a gathering of peasants, bards, prophets, heretics, and soldiers - a mad rebel priest and his beautiful companion are condemned to be burned at the stake. To their rescue rides the unlikely figure of Rhisiart, a young Oxford scholar whose fate will be entangled with that of Owen Glendower, the last true Prince of Wales - a man called, at times against his will, to fulfill the prophesied role of national redeemer. Vivid in its evocation of a period shrouded by myth, Owen Glendower tells a story of war, love, and magic.

Author Biography

John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) lived in the United States as well as his native England. The author of ten novels, including A Glastonbury Romance, Weymouth Sands, Maiden Castle, Porius, Autobiography, and Wolf Solent, as well as many works of criticism and philosophy, he was the son of a vicar and a descendant of the poets John Donne and William Cowper

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
The Castle	p. 3
Rhisiart Draws His Sword	p. 22
Mother and Daughter	p. 38
Hand in Hand	p. 59
Glyndyfrdwy	p. 99
Bards and Heretics	p. 125
Valle Crucis	p. 162
The Sword of Eliseg	p. 214
The Ladies' Tower	p. 233
Rhisiart Looks On	p. 254
Room for the Prince!	p. 281
Mathrafal	p. 320
The Comet	p. 358
Love and Shame	p. 394
Bryn Glas	p. 427
The Forests of Tywyn	p. 459
The Goosander	p. 504
The Maid in Armour	p. 551
Till the French Sail	p. 588
Knights and Bishops	p. 645
Difancoll	p. 710
Historical Background	p. 769
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