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S'està carregant… The Crystal Cave (1970)de Mary Stewart
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Another classic I read as a high school student which I have long remembered. Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myrdden 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 High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon, and the conception of Arthur, king for once and always.
Eerste deel van een trilogie over het leven van de legendarische tovenaar en helderziende Merlijn. Hij leefde in het Brittannië van de vijfde eeuw en was in zijn latere leven de opvoeder en raadgever van de grote koning Arthur. Dit eerste deel omvat het verhaal over zijn geboorte en eerste levensjaren, doorgebracht aan het hof van zijn grootvader, de koning van Zuid-Wales. Verder: de ontdekking van de glazen grot en zijn opleiding bij de ziener Galapas. Het boek eindigt met de geboorte van koning Arthur. Een boeiend verhaal over deze magiër; door haar levende verbeelding en vlotte schrijftrant weet de schrijfster de lezer van begin tot eind te boeien. Wordt vervolgd door: "De holle heuvels". Normale druk, volle bladspiegel. (Biblion recensie, J. v. Leeuwen-v.d. Tempel.) Pertany a aquestes sèriesPertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsHeyne Fantasy (06/5960) Heyne Taschenbuch (5035) PremisDistincionsLlistes notables
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It's the Legend of King Arthur told in the first person by main protagonist, Myrddin Emrys, better known as Merlin. Mary Stewart draws heavily from
Le Morte d'Arthur the seminal compilation of Welsh Arthurian legend by Sir Thomas Mallory. Stewart's Merlin is born royal, but a bastard. He's a brilliant, arcanely sensitive and isolated boy who grows to youth, and manhood amid the turmoil of 5th century England. This is a bellicose time of petty kingdoms with ever shifting alliances.
Merlin's famous magic, (portrayed believably as learned science, art, and innate mystic gift), drives him towards the creation of the one true unifying monarch, Arthur king of the Britons.
The Crystal Cave is very much Merlin's story, the second book,(The Hollow Hills)), and third (The Last Enchantment), books in the quintet, are still narrated by Merlin, cover the more familiar tales of Arthur's legend. I've read The Wicked Day, (The death of Arthur as told by Modred), and the last of the quintet, The Prince and the Pilgrim, (A side story regarding Morgan Le Fey's bad behaviors), but for me, the Merlin Trilogy are all.
Poet, and Master of English literature, Mary Stewart's research and engagingly lyric prose, long ago spoiled me for all other depictions of Merlin and King Arthur.
(Although Nigel Terry and Nicol Williamson are forgiven because Excalibur is just so darned pretty) ( )