The Life of Merlin, Vita Merlini (Forgotten Books)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781605064833 (1605064831)
Publish date: January 9th 2008
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Pages no: 68
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...