{{Short description|1978 novel by Vera Chapman}} {{Italic title}} '''''The Three Damosels''''' is a 1978 novel written by Vera Chapman.
==Plot summary== ''The Three Damosels'' is a novel in which a collection of three Arthurian-themed tales blends myth with light fantasy. The collection includes "The Green Knight", "The King's Damosel", and "King Arthur’s Daughter". The first is a reimagining involving Gawain the Younger. "The King's Damosel" features the legendary Lynet as a royal messenger, and the final tale introduces a fictional heir to Arthur.<ref name="Arcane15"/>
==Reception== Gideon Kibblewhite reviewed ''The Three Damosels'' for ''Arcane'' magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall, and stated that "This collection can't really be regarded either as a definitive guide or reference, nor as a great work of fiction, though the author is obviously at home with her subject and her fast-paced stories are full of flourish. Perhaps of more and better value to referees and players involved in chivalrous pursuits — and to anyone else interested in Arthurian legend - may be ''The Chronicles of the Holy Grail''."<ref name="Arcane15">{{cite journal | last = Kibblewhite|first = Gideon | title = The Great Library | journal = Arcane | issue = 15 | pages =82 |date=January 1997}}</ref>
==Reviews== *Review by Philippa Grove-Stephensen (1978) in ''Paperback Parlour'', October 1978<ref>https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?136569</ref> *Review by Shira Daemon (1997) in ''Locus'', #433 February 1997 *Review by Cherith Baldry (1997) in ''Vector'' 193 *Review by uncredited (1998) in ''Vector'' 201
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