Tristan and Isolde - 02 - The Maid of the White Hands: The Second of the Tristan and Isolde Novels (36 page)

About the Author

ROSALIND MILES is the author of the bestselling Guenevere trilogy, as well as the Tristan and Isolde trilogy and
I, Elizabeth.
A well-known and critically acclaimed novelist, essayist, and broadcaster, she lives in England.

Also by rosalind miles

fiction

THE GUENEVERE TRILOGY
Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country
The Knight of the Sacred Lake
The Child of the Holy Grail

THE TRISTAN AND ISOLDE TRILOGY
Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle
The Maid of the White Hands
The Lady of the Sea

I, Elizabeth
Return to Eden
Bitter Legacy
Prodigal Sins
Act of Passion

nonfiction

The Fiction of Sex
The Problem of Measure for Measure
Danger! Men at Work
Modest Proposals
Women and Power
The Female Form
The Women’s History of the World
The Rites of Man
The Children We Deserve
Ben Jonson: His Life and Work
Ben Jonson: His Craft and Art

Copyright © 2003 by Rosalind Miles

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown
Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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THREE RIVERS PRESS and the Tugboat design are registered trademarks
of Random House, Inc.

Map copyright © 2002 by Rodica Prato

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Miles, Rosalind.
The maid of the white hands: the second of the Tristan and Isolde novels /
Rosalind Miles.—1st ed.
1. Isolde (Legendary character)—Fiction. 2. Tristan (Legendary character)—Fiction.
3. Cornwall (England : County)—Fiction. 4. Knights and knighthood—Fiction.
5. Arthurian romances—Adaptations. 6. Adultery—Fiction. 7. Ireland—Fiction.
8. Queens—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6063.I319M35 2003
823’.914—dc21 2003003728

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eISBN: 978-0-307-42214-9

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