title: The Faerie Queene: A Reader's Guide
author: Heale
description: "...Heale acknowledges that she is neither comprehensive nor unbiased...the Guide truly may aid those preparing FQ for class, comprehensive exams, or even first-time teaching." Spenser Newsletter<br /><br />"...a godsend for students epically struggling with Spenser's epic. Even for courses where only a canto of two is read, this is well worth buying and keeping close at hand while reading the poetry. Today even instructors need such guides, and this is a good one." Bibliotheque D'Humanisme
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  ## The Lost Queen
  
  
  Book Two of The Faerie Path
  
  
  ## Frewin Jones
  
  
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  For Claudia
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Faeries tread the faerie path  
  One daughter walks between the sundered worlds  
  Danger haunts her footsteps there  
  In Mortal Realm a darkness is unfurled
  
  
  Seek a mother long-time lost  
  Forge dark jewels that bring forth light  
  A crystal sword shall show the way  
  And love shall conquer evil’s blight
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epigraph](epigraph.xhtml#epi01)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [What Happened Before…](fm01.xhtml#fm01)
  
  
  On the eve of Anita Palmer’s sixteenth birthday, her boyfriend,…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part One:](part01.xhtml#pt01)
  
  
  Between the Worlds
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [I](chapter01.xhtml#ch01)
  
  
  The van’s horn blared loudly in the quiet of the…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [II](chapter02.xhtml#ch02)
  
  
  Tania and Edric were stumbling up a steeply sloping, night-dark…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [III](chapter03.xhtml#ch03)
  
  
  School on Friday morning 