The Crystal Cave (The Arthurian Saga Book 1)
by:
Mary Stewart (author)
Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys -- or as he would later be known, Merlin -- leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther...
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Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys -- or as he would later be known, Merlin -- leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon . . . and the conception of Arthur -- king for once and always.
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B01E2Y789U
Publish date: 2016-04-09
Publisher: Eos
Pages no: 433
Edition language: English
Series: Arthurian Saga -3 (#1)
by Mary Stewart With the recent death of Mary Stewart, I decided it was time to read her Merlin trilogy which had been on my radar for a long time. This is the first book which tells the story of Merlin's life from childhood to the point where the future King Arthur is conceived. First off, the ...
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...
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart Book 1 of Arthurian Saga The first three books of the Arthurian Saga is also known as The Merlin Trilogy. This series is being read as part of a Buddy Read @ BookLikes. See Also: Week One Update | Week Two Update Book III: The Wolf Progress on 11/16/16: 33...
Series: Arthurian Saga #1 Completely unmemorable. The old man telling the child and then the young man’s story sounded stale to me. Merlin seemed to be more of a sock puppet than a person. I didn’t really care about anyone in the story, and most of the dialogue rang false, somehow. The prose w...
(Note: the page number is for the trilogy's omnibus edition, which is the book I'm actually reading.) "Thanks" to having contracted some sort of cold or flu bug and having been out of commission for pretty much all other purposes over the weekend, I've progressed fairly well with this book -- well...
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