Dragonclaw / Kate Forsyth.

By: Forsyth, Kate, 1966- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Forsyth, Kate, Witches of Eileanan ; 1.Publisher: North Sydney, NSW : Vintage Books, 2015Copyright date: ©1997Description: 531 pages : maps ; 20 cmContent type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780857988706Subject(s): Witches -- Fiction | Magic -- Fiction | Fantasy fictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. DDC classification: A823.3 Summary: FANTASY. AUSTRALIAN. Isabeau the Foundling, discovered as a babe in the roots of a tree, is raised by an old wood witch in the shadow of Dragonclaw, mountain of the dragons. From Meghan of the Beasts, Isabeau learns herb-lore and the languages of animals, but dreams of the old days, when witches were the greatest power in the land. Before she was born, an evil sorceress cast a spell on the Righ, winning his love and turning him against the Coven. The great Witch Towers are now all abandoned ruins, magical creatures are hunted down and the Coven's ancient wisdom is lost. Only the Cripple, enigmatic leader of the rebels, fights to undermine the Banrigh's power as her dark plans slowly come to fruition. Little does Isabeau know that she is to play a key role in the battle against the Ensorcellor, for she has a strange and mysterious destiny.
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First published by Arrow in 1997.

FANTASY. AUSTRALIAN. Isabeau the Foundling, discovered as a babe in the roots of a tree, is raised by an old wood witch in the shadow of Dragonclaw, mountain of the dragons. From Meghan of the Beasts, Isabeau learns herb-lore and the languages of animals, but dreams of the old days, when witches were the greatest power in the land. Before she was born, an evil sorceress cast a spell on the Righ, winning his love and turning him against the Coven. The great Witch Towers are now all abandoned ruins, magical creatures are hunted down and the Coven's ancient wisdom is lost. Only the Cripple, enigmatic leader of the rebels, fights to undermine the Banrigh's power as her dark plans slowly come to fruition. Little does Isabeau know that she is to play a key role in the battle against the Ensorcellor, for she has a strange and mysterious destiny.

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