the concepts that are found in the novel and attempt to extend the

issues to a point at which they become more clear, and prove the

assertion that, just as Wyrd is a fast moving narrative that spans

continents and ages, it is a novel of ideas.

Wyrd was, in length, a short to medium length novel that was

written by Sue Gough. Briefly, it was the story of Berengaria,

Saladin's daughter and wife of King Richard. After her husbands death,

she was moved to a French nunnery with her handmaiden and son, the

prince (incognito). There she kept an explicit and wise diary,

recording the events in her life. She founded a healing order, and

invented a cordial that was surprisingly popular among the village

folk. She continued to practice Viking religion in subtle ways, and

encouraged spiritual openness, as opposed to the dogmatic teachings of

the time, vesting confidence and a sense of worth in her fellow

devotees. However, she was plagued by her evil anti-thesis, the Abbe

De Ville, who encouraged her son to join in a 'children's crusade' --

and unwise and dangerous religious march. Pat, her son, was eventually

corrupted by this and the novel clearly demands that we do something

for the future, the past remained stained, but was a valuable lesson.

revelation, she died and was entombed, as a mummy, with her book

cessation. The blank rune, the undecided future, the last, blank

another theme that is important is the power of the undecided (* -

incidental, and the characters are a constant equalling force. The

there are the high, the middle and the low. The aim of the high is to

the laws of nature, and the importance of knowledge. Even having

events and people. The binding threads of time, so to speak, are

mores of this novel, the battle of good versus evil continues.

attempt to draw together the warring factions of the middle east.

existing in a time and reality that did not judge a person by such

entertained. Her major disadvantage, at least at that time, was the

-- our class system, are all discussed, if briefly, in the texts. Non

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Approximate Word count = 1419
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)