The Crystal Cave

Mary Stewart Mary Stwart First published 1974

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WHO WAS MERLIN?

Was the famed magician of Camelot and King Arthur's court really a sinister, all-powerful being from another world? Was he truly a Prince of Darkness? Or was he a man with the passions of other mortals? A man with unique intelligence and unusual gifts? Why was he so feared? How did he come by his occult powers? Why was the crystal cave so important to him?

Fifth century Britain is a country of chaos and division after the Roman withdrawal. Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess who will not reveal to her son his father's true identity, Myridden Emrys -- or as he would later be known, Merlin -- leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon ... and the conception of Arthur -- king for once and always.

Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy · 5 books

In publication order

All 5 in order

Subjects

adaptations
arthurian romances
arthur, king
arthur, king, fiction
belletristische darstellung
britons
england, fiction
fantasy
fiction
fiction, fantasy, general
fiction, fantasy, historical
fiction, historical
fiction, historical, general
great britain, fiction
kings and rulers
large type books
legends
merlin (legendary character)
merlin (legendary character), fiction
wizards