Draws on historical evidence and the only known manuscript copy of Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte Darthur" to chronicle the life of Malory, focusing on the contradictions between his life as a criminal and his literary achievement.
The author draws upon her Mohawk heritage and the stories she heard from the elders to tell the story of the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy and the peace walker, Hiawatha, who strove to bring the warring nations together.
Presents an annotated reproduction of the "Visconti Hours," an illuminated book of hours, or prayer book, commissioned by Giangaleazzo Visconti, despot of Milan, in the late fourteenth century.
