- Fiction, Merlin (Legendary character), Arthurian romances, Adaptations
Follow Merlin through a candid tale of adventure, enchantment and wonder as he spurs Arthur and his knights through a destiny to build Camelot and thwart evil; this almost bibliographical novel of Merlin's story gives a fresh take and gives deeper insight into the tales of King Arthur then is found in more common literature.
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- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Mary Stewart
- First published
- March 1990
- Pages
- 512
- Publisher
- Book Club, Chivers Audio Books, Bt Bound
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- Italian, German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9782702138045
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“Not every king would care to start his reign with the wholesale massacre of children.”
Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow was born on 12 September 1916 in Sunderland, England, the United Kingdom. She graduated from Durham University, from where she received an honorary D.Litt in 2009. She was a lecturer in English Language and Literature there until her marriage in 1945 to Sir Frederick Stewart, former chairman of the Geology Department of Edinburgh University, who died in 2001. Lady Mary Stewart was author of twenty novels, a volume of poetry, and three books for young readers, she is admired for both her contemporary stories of romantic suspense and her historical novels. Her finest and most original achievement was Merlin Trilogy, an Arthurian saga: The Crystal Cave (1970), The H
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