For years I'd heard my mother talk of Mary Stewart. But it took me this long to finally pick one of her books up (I was admittedly bored and this was at hand) and read...and read...and read. I wish I'd read her stuff before. But, better late than never, they always say!The book I happened to pick up...
Fantasy is not my favorite genre of fiction. Nevertheless, I burned through this book because it really ended up drawing me into the story. I was first put off by the author's writing style after finishing the more terse writing style of a mystery novel, but as I got a couple hours into it, I sett...
The first, and one of the very few, books that has ever reconciled me to Arthurian myth. After slogging through hideous Victorian sentimental priggishness everywhere else, this is a breath of fresh and magical air into a tired story.
This was the first book that I read in English for fun. Before that all my reads in English were the ones my teacher told me (us) to read. To be honest I read this for school too but at least I was able to select it myself. And that made a huge difference!
I don't remember anything about this, except what happens to Merlin, which may not even be part of this book.****1994 Jul 16It's been at least thirty years since I read this. Since then I've read a great many retellings of the Arthurian legend, which I don't think would have come if not for this. Ma...
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