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Title: Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart ISBN: 0688003478 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: December, 1980 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88
Rating: 5
Summary: Realistic, yet enchanting
Comment: The story of Merlin has always intrigued me. Yet I have found the various books and movies distasteful. They portray Merlin in ways that do not jive with my inner sense of what might have been real. Mary Stewart, on the other hand, has portrayed a real individual in her books. A boy, Myrddin Emrys, who grows up spending a great deal of time alone, exploring and thinking. He is then believable as an adult because the magic he practices is ensconced in political wisdom, the beliefs of the people, strategic thinking, and the type of shamanic power that no doubt exists in the world. When the Merlin stood on a hillside overlooking Arthur's troops entering battle, of course they won. They won because they knew they would. Amazingly simple. Was it wizardry or was it the power of belief? Or both? I was permanently affected by this book. I named my son Emrys. I came to believe that the king's merlin no doubt existed, much as political advisors exist today. It is the realistic portrayal of this very important historical character that no one else has managed to conjure in quite so convincing a way.
Rating: 5
Summary: a realistic Merlin for everyone
Comment: Before I read these books when I thought of Merlin I thought of magic, dragons, and fantasy. Today my view is so very different. Mary stewart follows Merlin from early childhood to the time of Arthur with her trilogy. And along the way she shows us a realistic young Merlin whom we can all relate to. This series makes the myth of Merlin and camelot seem like it was fact and happened this way. This is my favorite series of books and I will reread and enjoy them for the rest of my life.
Rating: 4
Summary: THE MERLIN TRILOGY--MARY STEWART
Comment: This series chronicles the adventures of Merlin--from birth to death. Born a bastard prince, young Myrddin Emrys rides his trusty horse around the countryside. He meets an old man named Galapas, near a sacred spring and a crystal cave. He becomes his teacher and makes young Myrddin become the powerful mage Merlin...
This book was great. It was one of the first novels to be written from Merlin's point of view. There was only one downfall: the last part went really slow. Mary Stewary did write a companion novel to this series, "The Wicked Day" (from the point-of-view of Mordred, Arthur's bastard son with his half-sister), but it seemed like she tried too hard. Don't read it unless you're a die-hard Arthurian Legend or Mary Stewart fan.
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Title: The Wicked Day : Book Four of the Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart ISBN: 0060548282 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Once and Future King by T. H. White ISBN: 0441627404 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: July, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Book of Merlyn : The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King by T. H. White ISBN: 029270769X Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.65 |
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Title: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley ISBN: 0345350499 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 1982 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart ISBN: 0380820765 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 04 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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