Lyonesse by Penelope Shuttle Mark Ford short-listed for the T

short-listed for the T

Cruelty and violence are never dodged

and sheds light on

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Lyonesse by Penelope Shuttle Mark Ford short-listed for the TThe submerged land of Lyonesse was once part of Cornwall, according to myth and the oral tradition, standing for a lost paradise in Arthurian legend, but now an emblem of human frailty in the face of climate change. And there was indeed a Bronze Age inundation event which swept the entire west of Cornwall under the sea, with only the Isles of Scilly and St Michael's Mount left as remnants above sea level. Lyonesse was also Thomas Hardy's name for