The Winter Prince
Medraut, the bitter, illegitimate son of King Artos, is tempted into joining Morgause, the king's treacherous sister, in a plot against Lleu, the legitimate Prince of Britain.
Medraut, the bitter, illegitimate son of King Artos, is tempted into joining Morgause, the king's treacherous sister, in a plot against Lleu, the legitimate Prince of Britain.
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ISBN:
9780606298506 (0606298509)
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 202
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Teen,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Mythology,
Arthurian
Series: The Lion Hunters (#1)
"'Can you even love?' 'Yes. Yes. All the wrong things. The hunt, and darkness, and winter, and you, Godmother.'" This is a book I wish I had written. It is a first novel, and cool and sharp and glittering, like a heavy, hanging icicle. It is very dark, with just enough hints of the backstory to le...
I didn't think this was rave awesome awesome like a lot of the reviewers on here, but it was alright. I generally love Arthurian stuff. I've read a shit ton, and this was an interesting take on Mordrid. The part at the end where they're walking through the woods as prisoner/generic douchebag drug on...
No can do, folks. Good book overall, but it isn't holding my attention.
Odd and compelling and full of treachery and deceit.
I think fans of Megan Whalen Turner might love this one.It is an amazingly original Arthurian retelling, from the point of view of Medraut (Mordred), who is -- and struggles to be-- an awesome character, despite the way his circumstances, and particularly his mother, have twisted him.The conflicted ...
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