The Chronicles of Prydain

The High King

About this book

In this final part of the chronicle of Prydain the forces of good and evil meet in an ultimate confrontation, which determines the fate of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper who wanted to be a hero.

The Chronicles of Prydain · 6 books

In publication order
  1. The Castle of Llyr 1966
  2. Taran Wanderer 1967
  3. The High King 1968 This book
  4. The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain 1973
All 6 in order

Subjects

  • adventure and adventurers
  • adventure and adventurers, fiction
  • award:newbery_award
  • children's fiction
  • children's stories
  • fairy tales
  • fantasy
  • fantasy fiction
  • fate and fatalism
  • fiction
  • good and evil
  • good and evil, fiction
  • juvenile fiction
  • kings and rulers
  • kings, queens, rulers, etc., fiction
  • magic
  • magic, fiction
  • magicians
  • maturation (psychology)
  • newbery medal
  • prydain (imaginary place)
  • prydain (imaginary place), fiction
  • science fiction
  • swords
  • taran (fictitious character : alexander)