THE CRYSTAL CAVE - Softcover

Stewart, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449205630 ISBN 13: 9780449205631

Publisher: Fawcett, 1983

Synopsis

Fifth century Britain is a country of chaos and division after the Roman withdrawal. This is the world of young Merlin, the illegitimate child of a South Wales princess who will not reveal to her son his father's true identity.

Yet Merlin is an extraordinary child, aware at the earliest age that he possesses a great natural gift - the Sight. Against a background of invasion and imprisonment, wars and conquest, Merlin emerges into manhood, and accepts his dramatic role in the New Beginning - the coming of King Arthur.

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Review:

A deft colourful . . . re-creation of Merlin's early life (Sunday Times)

Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first-class (Daily Mail)

Her style is simple yet vivid, displaying a love of words and the sounds they make, and her story is poetically imaginative (Daily Telegraph)

Mary Stewart brilliantly recreates the Britain of the fifth century (Books And Bookmen)

A fascinating story which lays a firm hold on the imagination (The Scotsman)

Mary Stewart lightens the Dark Ages with legend, pure invention and a lively sense of history. (New York Times)

From the Publisher:

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About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0449205630
• ISBN 13: 9780449205631
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback