Their marriage sparks a war to control the region while readers don't see the glorious battles, they do get the surprisingly moving perspective of the home front through Lavinia's eyes. This stranger is none other than Vergil's Aeneus, proud hero, king without a country, and the man who will lay down the foundations of the Roman Empire. But the oracles of the sacred springs say she will marry an unknown foreigner. As she moves into womanhood, she feels pressure from her parents to choose one of her many suitors as both her husband and the future ruler of the kingdom. Lavinia is the teen princess of Latium, a small but important kingdom in pre-Roman Italy. From School Library Journal:Īdult/High School-This novel takes a minor character from Vergil's Aeneid and creates a thoughtful, moving tale of prophecy, myth, and self-fulfillment. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Among her honors are a National Book Award, five Hugo and five Nebula Awards, the Kafka Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Harold D. LE GUIN was born in Berkeley, California, in 1929.
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