The Last of Britain (London: Macmillan, 1956) is an historical novel about events leading up to the British defeat at Dyrham in 577. Merlin's Ring (London: Collins, 1957) is a fantasy for juveniles about a boy transported briefly, through the power of Merlin's ring, back to the months preceding Arthur's victory at Badon, which Trevor locates near Bath. She has set many novels in this period, two of which make use of Arthurian tradition. The city's popularity dates back to much earlier times than that, however, for the curative value of its waters were appreciated by the Romans and it is their civilization and its collapse that interest Trevor. It even figures in the novels of Jane Austen, one of my favorite authors. Meriol Trevor lives on Great Pulteney Street in Bath, a street famed in Regency days for its architectural symmetry.
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