Juniper
core novel 1990 Doran
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.21 (10,298 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Juniper is the daughter of a Cornish king and grows up in comfort, yet she chooses to train as a healer in the magic of the natural world. When her apprenticeship ends she returns home and finds that her ambitious aunt Meroot is using dark magic to seize the crown. Juniper's powers are still untested, and she must decide how to use them to oppose Meroot before the kingdom is ruined. The novel is a prequel to Wise Child and shows how its healer came to live as she does.
Where it sits
- Universe: Doran
- Series: Doran core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Monica Furlong
Notes
- Prequel to Wise Child.
- From the series record (Doran): Three linked novels about the healer Juniper and her apprentice Wise Child in early medieval Britain.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Doran: position 2 of 3: previous Wise Child (1987) · next Colman (2004)
Sources
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