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Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy

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Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy
by Mary Stewart
Hardcover: 928 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.86 x 9.52 x 6.46
Publisher: Eos; (December 1, 1980)
ISBN: 0688003478

The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchantment

The prophetic voice of Merlin, the mysterious enchanter of Arthurian legend,
has completeted his story. Written over a period of ten years, Mary
Stewart's three best-selling novels now stand together in one volume -- the
finest work of her distinguished career.

Hers is the most extended portrait in all literature of this compelling
figure of Dark Age myth and history. Merlin, the protector and tutor of
Arthur, has usually been protrayed as an old man. But The Crystal Cave
begins the trilogy with the story fo his perilous childhood as the bastard
son of a Welsh king's daughter and the secret discovery of the magic arts
that will set him apart from other men.

With the birth of Arthur, Merlin's guardianship began and the ancient legend
continues in The Hollow Hills with the dramatic immediacy that is Mary
Stewart's special gift. Arthur grew to young manhood, ignorant of his royal
parentage, in the deep and dangerous forests of fifth-century England and
Wales, where no law was stable and fierce battle rages amongst the brooding
mountains. When, in due course, Merlin guided him to the sword that tested
his claim to power and the crown, Arthur became king by right, and soon
Merlin, his adviser, was to emerge, however obscurely, as the architect of
the first United Britain.

King Arthur plunged instantly into violent warfare against the Saxons. But
in The Last Enchantment there are also more dangerous and subtle enemies
ranged against him: Mortgause, half-sister and seductress of Arthur; their
child, Mordred; the friends and kin who will betray him. Merlin's darkest
prophecies were realized one by one, yet his bright vision of the future
kingdom did prevail, and he foresaw the mystic power that would be at the
King's service as long as Arthur lived.

The imaginative brilliance of the Merlin Trilogy completes the life and
character of Merlin which are left untold in the early legends. At the end
of each of the novels, Mary Stewart has set down the substance of the
original legends and with it the sources of her own variations. Her portrait
of Merlin is a new legend in itself.

About the Author
Mary Stewart, one of the most widely read authors of our time, began writing
at the age of five, when she published her first poem in a small parish
magazine in England.Having published 20 novels, a volume of poetry, and
three books for young readers, she is noted both for her contemporary
stories of romance and suspense and for her Arthurian novels, most recently
The Prince and the Pilgrim. She has fourteen New York Times bestsellers to
her credit, including The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, and The Last
Enchantment, which comprise The Merlin Trilogy.Before embarking on a
full-time writing career she taught English at school and university level.
Born in England, Mary Stewart has lived for many years in Scotland, dividing
her time between Edinburgh and the West Highlands.Her interests include
natural history, gardening, Greek and Roman history, music, and art.

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