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  <title><![CDATA[The White Mare: The Dalraida Trilogy (Book One)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Vividly atmospheric and evocative of the rituals and magic of Celtic culture, The White Mare enchants readers with the gripping saga of a defiant struggle for freedom, cast as a journey of the spirit and heart, undertaken at unfathomable risk, and for the highest stakes.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2004</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The White Mare: The Dalraida Trilogy (Book One)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jules Watson]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[While not as lyrical as Juliet Marillier, the first part of this trilogy is definitely Celtic, with the themes of fighting for one's home and freedom and fey magic. There is also the female Goddess thrown in with a little bit of the Da Vinci Code, though I think the Celtic meme can claim that one fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55716407">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48339495">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 05 12:50:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 05 13:03:58 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Do you ever have the experience of disliking a book initially, pushing through, and being so glad that you stuck with it by the end?  This was one of the first books that took me on that sort of journey as a reader.  It's a romance built on subtlety and the inner development of the main character; m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48339495">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73050844">
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 30 16:30:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 08 16:21:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really good book in it's own way.  I couldn't put it down at some points.  At first it was a slow read for me...not because it was boring, but because I wanted to read every word.  The Scottish land and Irish/Scottish names...all took time to read and figure out who's who and where they a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73050844">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A richly detailed recreation of Iron Age Scotland at the time of the Roman invasion in 79-81 AD, this long leisurely novel tells the story of Rhiann, a princess and priestess of the Epidii tribe in what is now West Scotland, and Eremon, a prince exiled from Ireland.  Their romantic relationship is v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57480052">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63988347">
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 18 10:28:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 17 19:18:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm so glad I gave this book another chance - it's so much better than my initial, brief peremptory perusal indicated.  Very very similar in feel to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon series, and to Judith Marillier's books, especially the Bridei series.  Any fan of those books will love this b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63988347">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68365978">
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 21 13:13:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 21 13:13:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. I could not put it down.]]></body>
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    <review id="69054523">
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 26 23:43:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 27 03:48:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this one!]]></body>
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    <review id="4906084">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 21 18:17:04 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 23 17:09:23 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a little while to warm up to this book. It has a bit of gratuitous sex in the first half  that seemed somewhat gimmicky and unecessary to the plot. However, aside from that, the author does tell a solid fantasy story within an interesting historical backdrop (ancient Scotland). I also fou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4906084">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3501258">
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    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Grand Rapids, MI]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 25 07:48:58 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 25 07:54:13 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It mostly sucked me in with the plot and then it let loose with the throbbing members and round white heaving bosoms.  I stopped reading at the first hint of a pulsating penis, because if I wanted to read a romance novel, I would go read one.  Not a romance novel masquerading as &quot;historical fic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3501258">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1199406">
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    <body><![CDATA[Takes place around 80AD, is a fantasy book- different from my usual but I enjoyed it, mostly because of its historical fiction take and it has a strong female character.]]></body>
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    <review id="29264380">
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    <body><![CDATA[very ancient Scotland at the time of the Roman invasion.  Was a good read.  I will probably read the two sequels.]]></body>
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    <review id="11344375">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Dec 31 11:32:31 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good epic read. I like long books that give me time to get into the characters and their lives. ]]></body>
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    <review id="6272938">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an awesome book that takes place in the year 80 C.E. when Rome was trying to take over Scotland.]]></body>
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    <review id="9218476">
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    <body><![CDATA[Really liked what I read in the end-papers.  Looking forward to it.]]></body>
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