The ancient Celtic epic of Tristan and Isolde has never been more compellingly retold than in this romantic novel. Young Essyllt marries King Mark of British Dumnonia and is forced to grow up fast among the intriguing courtiers. Torn between her sense of duty and her love for another man, she finds herself making a decision that is going to cost her dearly. Her story is told by a pious hermit, who wrestles with his own demons as he becomes an unwilling accomplice of the willful Irish princess. His sheltered, solitary existence is turned upside down as she knocks on his door and nothing will ever be the same after that. The Book of Isolde has already sold over 11,000 copies in the Netherlands.