Celia Marsdon/Celia de Bohun

Celia Marsdon and Celia de Bohun are the protagonists of the novel. Celia Marsdon is a twenty-three-year old, smart, pretty and wealthy woman. She has just married Richard Mardson, who she is completely in love with. Celia cannot figure out why Richard has become distant to her. She also does not understand why the ancient ruins that surround her home affect her the way they do. Celia goes through a few episodes in which it seems as though she has becoqme possessed by Celia de Bohun. Celia must go on a journey through her past and relive her life as Celia de Bohun before she can be happy with Richard in the present.

While Celia Marsdon and Celia de Bohun share their love of Richard/Stephen, the Celia of the 1550's is quite different from the soft spoken Celia of the 1960's. The earlier...