Lynwood Keep

The fictional village of Lynwood is in the county of Somerset (which the novel archaically styles as Somersetshire), in the south-west of England. The local town is Taunton, but Glastonbury – which has traditional links to Arthurian legend – is also nearby, so there is a subtle connection between the setting and the theme of chivalric romance. Lynwood Keep is the manor, and ancestral home of the Lynwood family. Both village and manor symbolize peace and rural simplicity, in contrast to more exciting places overseas. It is an idyllic location, nestled in a romantic “wooded vale,” and both Eustace and Arthur hold onto sentimental memories of it while abroad (37). On Eustace’s return, he gazes “long and affectionately” at “the bright lights of the Keep,” which seem “to gleam like stars in the darkness” (37).

Bordeaux

Bordeaux – where Prince Edward holds his court – is in France, but it is English...