Essay Archive - Wyrd
Wyrd
This essay will discuss the novel wryd. It will explore some of 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 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....
|