▁his ▁own ▁death , ▁by ▁M ord red ' s ▁hand . ▁These ▁are ▁the ▁events ▁that ▁have ▁just ▁taken ▁place ▁when ▁we ▁find ▁Gu ine vere ▁in ▁the ▁convent ▁during ▁the ▁pro log ue . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁and ▁critical ▁reaction ▁The ▁Child ▁Queen ▁and ▁The ▁High ▁Queen ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁respectively . ▁They ▁were ▁re vised ▁and ▁combined ▁into ▁one ▁volume , ▁Queen ▁of ▁Cam el ot , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁gave ▁The ▁Child ▁Queen ▁a ▁mostly ▁positive ▁review , ▁not ing ▁that ▁McK en zie ▁" br ings ▁immediate ▁fresh ness ▁to ▁her ▁entertain ing ▁re working ▁of ▁an ▁often - t old ▁story ." ▁While ▁calling ▁it ▁a ▁" worth while ▁debut ," ▁the ▁rev iewer ▁thought ▁it ▁suffered ▁from ▁Gu ine vere ' s ▁rival ry ▁with ▁Ela ine , ▁which ▁reduces ▁the ▁former ▁to ▁acting ▁like ▁" nothing ▁so ▁much ▁as ▁a ▁spo iled ▁br at ." ▁In ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁The ▁High ▁Queen , ▁Mel inda ▁Hel fer ▁of ▁the ▁Rom antic ▁Times ▁stated ▁that ▁" Mc K en zie ▁rel ates ▁[ the ▁story ] ▁with ▁the ▁power ▁and ▁en chant ment ▁of ▁a ▁true ▁b ard , ▁bringing ▁legend ▁to ▁comp elling ▁and ▁un for get table ▁life ." ▁Michael ▁Ash ley , ▁author ▁of ▁The ▁M amm oth ▁Book ▁of ▁King ▁Arthur , ▁op ined ▁that ▁the ▁characters ▁were ▁" well ▁drawn