'Arbella' is the second of the three novels of 'The Triple Goddess [a simply divine comedy]', the first and third being 'Ophelia' and 'Gloria'. The three books comprising 'The Triple Goddess' differ widely in plot, but share themes of good and evil, love, ancient myth and history, death-life-birth-rebirth, and the nature (or un-nature) of Time. The tales are filled with magic and fantastical invention, and "stories within the story" in the manner of 'The Arabian Nights'. Arbella Stace is the heart-stopping present-day descendant of Arbella Stuart, cousin to Mary, Queen of Scots, friend of Sir Walter Ralegh, beloved of Ralegh's elder son Wat, and favourite of a group including Sir Walter that sought to place her on the throne of England. But Ralegh did not exactly go away after he was executed...
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