It was sad to see how the prejudices at the cusp of WW1 regarding German Americans played heavily into the story. And I had never even heard of a Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917. What a HORRIBLE tragic event. I'm going to be exploring that futher on my own.

a b c Holbrook, S. E. "Nymue, the Chief Lady of the Lake, in Malory's Le Morte D’arthur." Speculum 53.4 (1978): 761–777. JSTOR. NCSU University Libraries, Raleigh, NC. 15 March 2009. The Vulgate Cycle is first to tell of either a different or the same Lady of the Lake in the Prose Merlin-derived section. It takes place before its main Vulgate Lancelot section but was written later, linking her with the disappearance of Merlin from the romance tradition of Arthurian legend. She is given the name Viviane (or similar) and a human origin, although she is still being called a fairy. In the Vulgate Merlin, Viviane refuses to give Merlin (who at this time is already old but appears to her in the guise of a handsome young man) her love until he has taught her all his secrets, after which she uses her power to seal him by making him sleep forever. The Post-Vulgate revision changes it into Viviane causing Merlin's death out of her hatred and fear of him. Though Merlin knows beforehand that this will happen due to his power of foresight, he is unable to counteract her because of the 'truth' this ability of foresight holds. He decides to do nothing for his situation other than to continue to teach her his secrets until she takes the opportunity to get rid of him.Scars played a part in this story, both physical and emotional, and affected multiple characters in different ways. They shook the foundations of friendship, aided in poor choices, and created misunderstandings. Addie herself went into hiding and allowed the people she had been closest to to believe a lie for far too long. And she wasn’t the only one who deceived her friends. Dorothy, another member of the Ladies of the Lake, had a secret of her own that she held tight to, gnawing at her conscience for all those years.

Though Nynyve is sometimes friendly to Arthur and his knights, she is equally liable to act in her own interest. She can be also selfish, ruthless, desiring, and capricious. She has been identified as a deceptive and anti-patriarchal equally as often as she has been cast as a benevolent aid to Arthur's court, or even the literary descendant of protective goddesses. [57] The Passing of Arthur in Andrew Lang's Stories of King Arthur and His Knights (1904) Griffin, Miranda (2015). Transforming Tales: Rewriting Metamorphosis in Medieval French Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199686988. a b Slocum, Sally K. (5 August 1992). Popular Arthurian Traditions. Popular Press. ISBN 9780879725624– via Google Books. In the 2005–2009 television series Kaamelott, the Lady of the Lake ( Audrey Fleurot) is an angel sent to help King Arthur progress in the quest for the Grail. Upending the established connections, the series' Lancelot not only never interacts with the Lady but cannot even see her. [103]When world tragedies touch the idyllic landscape of both timelines, the Ladies of the Lake’s once strong bond is shaken. Gohlke’s books always include little known disasters in history, bringing out the humanity of those catastrophes. If you like stories that are based on true events, female friendships, and the historical aspect of WWI. This book is for you. It’s an engaging, heart-felt read you won’t soon forget. Hodges, Kenneth. “Swords and Sorceresses: The Chivalry of Malory's Nyneve.” Arthuriana 12.2 (2002): 18. JSTOR. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.

Whitney, Alyse (15 July 2016). "Everyone Who's Died on 'Once Upon a Time' ". The Hollywood Reporter. Westenfeld, Adrienne (17 July 2020). "How Netflix's Cursed twists the ancient Arthurian stories of Nimue, the Lady of the Lake". Esquire. I like what the author says (and shows in the story) about friendship, “Friendships require honesty, trust, nurturing, investments of time and means, and sometimes sacrifice. Often deep friendships are formed during our growing years, as were those of my characters.”

Lacy, Norris J. (2010). Lancelot-Grail: Lancelot, pt. I. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-1843842262. Anderson, Graham (1 March 2004). King Arthur in Antiquity. Routledge. ISBN 1134372019– via Google Books.

Following the above-mentioned works of Chrétien and Ulrich, the Lady of the Lake began appearing by this title in the French chivalric romance prose by the early 13th century. As a fairy godmother-type foster mother of the hero Lancelot, she inherits the role of an unnamed aquatic fairy queen, her prototype from 12th-century poetry. While Ulrich's Lanzelet uses the changeling part of the fairy abduction lore in regards to Mabuz and Lancelot, [29] the Lady has no offspring of her own in Chrétien's and later versions. SELIM: Journal of the Spanish Society for Mediaeval English Language and Literature/revista de la Sociedad Española de Lengua Y Literatura Inglesa Medieval". Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Oviedo. 4 February 1991 – via Google Books. Ladies of the Lake is a dual-timeline novel that begins in May of 1933 and centers on friendship and childhood memories. It had been simple to toss aside the engraved invitation to the Lakeside Ladies Academy graduation, but it had been more difficult to disregard Bernadett’s continuous letters pleading with Adelaide/her mother to come to the “most important event” of her life, so the story unfolds. I was hooked. Malory, Sir Thomas; Malory, Thomas (7 September 1975). King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-501905-6– via Google Books. Collyer, Peter (2003). Encompassing Britain: Painting at the Points of the Compass. Adlard Coles Nautical. ISBN 978-1904050025.Lambdin, Laura C.; Lambdin, Robert T. (5 August 2008). Arthurian Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313346828– via Google Books. Johnston, Rich (30 June 2019). "Frank Miller Calls "Cursed" His Feminist Retelling of the King Arthur Myth". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors.