Waking Beauty

The mysterious Princess Talia has woken up to find herself as a student in an Oxford College. She is beautiful, but strange, and finds it hard to fit into "modern life."

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    Chap 20, The Beauty at the Last Ball

    Chap 20, The Beauty at the Last Ball

    The final episode in our story about Princess Talia. Talia, Sally and Basil have travelled through time – but after so many adventures, how will they return to the “real” world ?

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    Chap 19, The Beauty’s Challenge

    Chap 19, The Beauty’s Challenge

    The climax of our Awaking Beauty series in which Basil fights a duel with the champion of Morgan Le Fay in the quad of an Oxford college

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    Chap 18, The Beauty’s Champion

    Chap 18, The Beauty’s Champion

    Basil learns to fight with a two handed sword from one of the best in the business.

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    Chap 17, The Beauty’s Time

    Chap 17, The Beauty’s Time

    Sally is thrilled to meet some famous people and Basil is increasingly alarmed about having to fight a duel.

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    Chap 16, The Beauty’s Homeland

    Chap 16, The Beauty’s Homeland

    Basil and Sally wake up in far away place where a miller takes them to a medieval tournament.

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    Chap 15, The Beauty and Sir Basil

    Chap 15, The Beauty and Sir Basil

    Episode 15 in our Waking Beauty series. The city of Oxford has fallen asleep apart from a handful of people. Amid the fog Basil meets Talia’s fairy godmother who explains a great deal to him.

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    Chap 14, The Beauty and the Big Sleep

    Chap 14, The Beauty and the Big Sleep

    Princess Talia’s friend Basil finds that some strange and eery things are going on in the City of Oxford

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    Chap 13, The Beauty Departs

    Chap 13, The Beauty Departs

    Will our Awaking Beauty princess Talia leave Westerly College for good? Episode 13 in our series.

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    Chap 12, The Beauty on Trial

    Chap 12, The Beauty on Trial

    Our Awaking Beauty series has reached episode 12 and Princess Talia is brought before the College Authorities.

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    Chap 11, The Beauty and the Witch

    Chap 11, The Beauty and the Witch

    Our Awaking Beauty series reaches is becoming tense, and perhaps just a bit creepy… Princess Talia is in trouble at her college for calling the Rector’s wife a witch.