The Vita Merlini
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780554398303 (0554398303)
Publish date: August 18th 2008
Publisher: BiblioLife
Pages no: 112
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...