Life of Merlin
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780708305201 (0708305202)
Publish date: 1973
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Pages no: 253
Edition language: English
Series: Forgotten Books
So this is a translation of one of the first attributable, "literary" (ie non-folk-tale) stories about Merlin, the West's most famous wizard. It's quite surprising in many ways: there's very little actual magic here, apart from prophecy, and Merlin is a madman and not very nice to his wife or sister...