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The crystal cave is a 1970 fantasy novel by mary stewart. Stewarts 1968 novella, the wind off the small isles, has been out of print for. Because mary stewart never gave any specific dating in the merlin trilogy the crystal cave, the hollow hills, the last enchantment, the year by which the timeline begins, 467 a. Mary stewarts arthurian saga, an overview chapter 1.
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Very well written and extensively reshearched, it has a quality of believability that the others lack. I have loved mary stewarts books on the merlin and arthur story for many many years. The prophetic voice of merlin, the mysterious enchan. In prose that is as vividly, achingly real as it is poetic, new york times bestselling author mary stewart. I had been wondering if any of these books had been put to film, sadly only this one work exists. Mary stewart s merlin trilogy, beginning with this book, is one of the greatest series ever written.
These books have merlin, arthur s wizard mentor, as their focal point, and the result is a charming, engrossing tale providing a unique perspective on a familiar tale. Mary stewart is well known for the gothic romances that occupied the first half of her writing career, but she changed to the genre of historical fiction when writing the merlin trilogy. The merlin trilogy by mary stewart pdf download hugo. Merlin of the crystal cave tv series 1991 merlin of.
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