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Having brought the two worlds of Atlantis and Celtic Britain together in Book I, the author now focuses on Merlin. In this second book, Merlin tells his own story - and his vision - the vision of the Kingdom of Summer, ruled by the Summer Lord. It is a story of love and passion, triumph and tragedy, with itw own special and powerful 'magic'. The saving of the infant Arthur, and the setting of the sword in the stone form both the climax to this book and the entry to the story of Arthur himself.
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Stephen Lawhead is the author of some 14 outstanding fantasy and science fiction novels, including The Dragon King Trilogy (Lion), The Song of Albion Trilogy (Lion), and Byzantium (HarperCollins). Sales of his books have reached over 2 million copies worldwide. An American, he moved to Britain to research Celtic mythology. He now lives in Oxford with his wife and two sons. website: www stephenlawhead.com
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The story of Merlin as only Lawhead can tell it.
I read with amusement another reader's comment of Lawhead's 'jaded' view of early Christianity. What Lawhead seems to have been looking to capture is the type of Christians (that almost certainly did and still exist), that captured the essential goodness of spirit in literal Christian lore. We are all well aware of the excesses of the Christian Church down the ages, but what Lawhead described is the decency and hope of individual mens' faith; not the monolithic side of organised Christianity.
By the way, I'm an agnostic, so I haven't got an axe to grind either!
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Stephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. His works include Byzantium and the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, and The Song of Albion. Stephen Lawhead has his home in Austria with his wife.
I admire Stephen Lawhead's writing very much. It is quite obvious to the reader that the author loves his subject matter and in his historical novels has diligently researched the material that he uses. Even with Merlin, which can only be described as a fantasy, the way the author sets the scene makes the reader almost believe that they are reading a factual rather than a fiction book.
Having brought the `children' of Atlantis to the shores of Britain in Taliesin, the author now focuses on the mystical figure of Merlin, who in all the other legends is always at the right hand of Arthur. Merlin has a vision of the Kingdom of Summer ruled by the Summer Lord.
I admire Stephen Lawhead's writing very much. It is quite obvious to the reader that the author loves his subject matter and in his historical novels has diligently researched the material that he uses. Even with Merlin, which can only be described as a fantasy, the way the author sets the scene makes the reader almost believe that they are reading a factual rather than a fiction book.
Having brought the `children' of Atlantis to the shores of Britain in Taliesin, the author now focuses on the mystical figure of Merlin, who in all the other legends is always at the right hand of Arthur. Merlin has a vision of the Kingdom of Summer ruled by the Summer Lord.
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This is a great improvement on Taliesin, mainly because it's told with the one voice, that of Merlin, and is well plotted up to it's intriguing climax, one that makes you want to read the next book...
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disappointed
I find Lawhead a good writer but was disappointed with these sets of books & wish he had stuck to his own worlds. Read more
Published 18 months ago by sisterblue
This series just gets better
Book two of the Pendragon cycle, it is mostly better than Taliesin. Very well written, it reallt did seem like another person was telling the story and that it was the great... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2007 by rhinoa
A really good read
This book is great, it is easy to follow and the character development is really vivid. Lawhead has an original writing style which shows the Arthuarian legend in a unique way.
Published on 23 Jan 2004
Stimulating, satisfying, rarely superficial: Superb sequel!
In this second volume of his "Pendragon Cycle" series, Stephen Lawhead continues the story begun in "Taliesin" by telling the tale of Merlin, a remarkable warrior, king, bard, and... Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2001 by Godly Gadfly
Too much...
I found that Stephen Lawhead went way over the top with the Cristianity babble and I found this incredibly boring. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 1999
intriguing, facinating story
After I read Grail, I had to read something else in the Pendragon series, and I believe that out of all of them, Merlin was the best. Read more
Published on 12 Feb 1999
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