Merlin Trilogy 3 The Last Enchantment, The
Stewart, Mary
Sold by Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Add to basketSold by Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
AbeBooks Seller since 2 January 2008
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketBOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. CONTENTS: Book I Dunpeldyr; Book II Camelot; Book III Applegarth; Book IV Bryn Myrddin; The Legend; Author's Note. SYNOPSIS: Arthur is King by right of drawing the sword Caliburn from the stone. Now he plunges into fierce warfare against the Saxon enemy, fighting to achieve the "small miracle" of unity and independence that Britain alone attained among the dependencies of a crumbling Roman Empire. Merlin, the King's adviser whom men call "enchanter", is once again the narrator of Mary Stewart's third magnificent and haunting novel of Dark Age Britain. He is present at only one of Arthur's twelve great battles, for his story tells of a different kind of warfare against more subtle and dangerous enemies. Of these the chief is Morgause, rose-gold witch and half-sister to Arthur, whom once she snared incestuously to her bed. She bears a son, Mordred, who will be the most dangerous foe of all. Merlin's story begins with the desperate and bloody attempt to find and murder the child. It fails, and one by one his other prophecies are realised; in the passion and grief of Arthur's marriages, in his betrayal by friends and kinfolk, and in Merlin's own short-lived love. But this tale of Merlin's own enchanting is not a tragic one. In the dark ebbtide of his powers he finds that he is not totally deserted by his god. Struggling for resignation, he finds a fulfilment that even he had never dreamed of. His power and bright vision will be there at the King's service as long as Arthur lives, and, as he believes, long after. The Last Enchantment is a richly woven story peopled by princes and soldiers, grave-robbers and goldsmiths, innkeepers and peasants and witches, in a finely described landscape where each forest, lake and hill is charged, not only with the natural life of the countryside, but with the twilight spirits of older mythologies, merging into the bright promise of the future, and linked through Merlin in the archetypal themes of a fast, exciting and powerful story. A magnificent novel to put beside Mary Stewart's best-selling The Crystal Cave and The Hollow Hills. Mary Stewart, one of the most popular novelists writing today, was born in Sunderland, County Durham, England. After boarding-school, she received a B.A. with first class honours in English Language and Literature from Durham University and went on for her M.A. Later she returned to her own University as a Lecturer in English. She married in 1945. Her husband is Sir Frederick Stewart, who is Chairman of the Geology Department at Edinburgh University, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils. Lady Stewart's career as a novelist began in 1954 with the publication of Madam, Will You Talk? Since then she has published fifteen successful novels, including The Last Enchantment, the third book of her magical trilogy about the legendary enchanter Merlin and young Arthur. Her books for young readers, the Little Broomstick (1971) and Ludo and the Star Horse (1974), quickly met with the same success as her other novels. In 1968, she was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. In 1971, the Scottish Chapter of the International PEN Association awarded her the Frederick Niven prize for The Crystal Cave. In 1974, the Scottish Arts Council Award went to Ludo and the Star Horse. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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