Everything you need to understand or teach Camber of Culdi by Katherine Kurtz.
Within a framework of politics and religion, Kurtz takes as her theme the idea of social responsibility and the price it sometimes exacts. The king, Imre, is dethroned because he is capricious, unjust, and dangerous to cross: He orders the destruction of entire villages and religious orders, murders his best friend, and commits incest with his sister.
Yet Camber, undeniably on the side of justice and order, is himself the instigator of a...