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Ancient civilizations
Antarctic Navigation
Archaeologist archaeology main character
Author_Elizabeth Arthur
Bad Guys
Beyond the Mountain
Binding Spell
Books about love affairs
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Devastating passionate romance
Emrys and Sebastian
Epic of Gilgamesh
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Island Sojourn
Kindred spirits and souls
Looking for the Klondike Stone
lovers
Meant to be
Orkney islands setting and landscape
Strong sense of place
Product details
- ISBN 9780747568049
- Weight: 208g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 18 Oct 2004
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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‘Reminiscent of D.H. Lawrence in its attempts to evoke inner life and conjure up the subconscious ... it is an intense and often claustrophobic narrative, infuriating and addictive in equal measure' - Sunday Herald
‘A brilliant storyteller' - Woman & Home
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Elizabeth Arthur redraws the map of passion in this story of a devastating love affair set against the dramatic landscape of Orkney
‘And now began an hour in which I fell in love so hard, so deep, that I would never climb back from the place I'd fallen to...'
On their first meeting, Emrys and Sebastian fall powerfully in love with each other. Up until the moment they meet, they have found passion only in obsessions with ancient civilizations - Sebastian, an archaeologist, in the tombs of Orkney, and Emrys, an American academic, in the study of cuneiform and the civilization which produced the epic of Gilgamesh.
Now, three weeks after their meeting, Emrys leaves her long-time lover and her job in America to be with Sebastian, a man she has met only once. Their affair is intense and deeply sexual, but darkened by the secrets they keep from one another. With the fog-shrouded megaliths and the wind-blown islands of Orkney as a backdrop, the affair of kindred souls plays out to its tragic conclusion.
Elizabeth Arthur was born in New York City. She is the author of four previous novels including the acclaimed Antarctic Navigation.
