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Praise for THE CRYSTAL CAVE:
'Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first-class' (Daily Mail )
'Mary Stewart brilliantly recreates the Britain of the fifth century' (Books And Bookmen )
'Her style is simple yet vivid, displaying a love of words and the sounds they make, and her story is poetically imaginative' (Daily Telegraph )
'A deft colourful . . . re-creation of Merlin's early life' (Sunday Times )
'A fascinating story which lays a firm hold on the imagination' (The Scotsman )
'Mary Stewart lightens the Dark Ages with legend, pure invention and a lively sense of history. (New York Times )
'Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first-class' (Daily Mail )
'Mary Stewart brilliantly recreates the Britain of the fifth century' (Books And Bookmen )
'Her style is simple yet vivid, displaying a love of words and the sounds they make, and her story is poetically imaginative' (Daily Telegraph )
'A deft colourful . . . re-creation of Merlin's early life' (Sunday Times )
'A fascinating story which lays a firm hold on the imagination' (The Scotsman )
'Mary Stewart lightens the Dark Ages with legend, pure invention and a lively sense of history. (New York Times )
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Praise for THE CRYSTAL CAVE: 'Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first-class' -- Daily Mail 'Mary Stewart brilliantly recreates the Britain of the fifth century' -- Books And Bookmen 'Her style is simple yet vivid, displaying a love of words and the sounds they make, and her story is poetically imaginative' -- Daily Telegraph 'A deft colourful ... re-creation of Merlin's early life' -- Sunday Times 'A fascinating story which lays a firm hold on the imagination' -- The Scotsman 'Mary Stewart lightens the Dark Ages with legend, pure invention and a lively sense of history. -- New York Times
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book: Prince Alexander of Cornwall, seventeen years old, sets out on a quest for revenge; but is sidetracked by magic, and then starts on a new quest - which ends very differently from what he was expecting! Meanwhile, Alice, the pretty pilgrim of the title, accompanies her pious father on several pilgrimages to far-flung places. On one of these pilgrimages they rescue a persecuted princeling who brings an amazing artefact with him...
The author: Mary Stewart is an English writer of romance, suspense and crime novels. This book is the fifth, loosely, in her Arthurian series: The Crystal Cave (1970), The Hollow Hills (1973), The last Enchantment (1979) and The Wicked Day (1983). The prince and the pilgrim was first published in 1995, when the writer was 79 years old!
My opinion: Nice, but not as wonderful as the first three in the Merlin Trilogy. No familiar figures from that series, except for Morgan, King Arthurs sister. The two main personages are well-drawn, the story is engaging, but I prefer the earlier instalments - which were spell-binding.
The author: Mary Stewart is an English writer of romance, suspense and crime novels. This book is the fifth, loosely, in her Arthurian series: The Crystal Cave (1970), The Hollow Hills (1973), The last Enchantment (1979) and The Wicked Day (1983). The prince and the pilgrim was first published in 1995, when the writer was 79 years old!
My opinion: Nice, but not as wonderful as the first three in the Merlin Trilogy. No familiar figures from that series, except for Morgan, King Arthurs sister. The two main personages are well-drawn, the story is engaging, but I prefer the earlier instalments - which were spell-binding.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I imagine that this romance, set in 6th Century Britain, will appeal to anyone who's read many of Mary Stewart's books. For those who remember the Arthurian trilogy of the early 70s, though, this might be a little disappointing. For, although based very strongly on incidents described in Malory's 'Morte d'Arthur', King Arthur isn't actually in it, and nor are his knights, though Morgan le Fay features.
The stories of the pilgrim - a young girl accompanying her father to Jerusalem and Gaul - and the prince - a young man who has escaped from the clutches of Cornwall's wicked King Mark - run concurrently through much of the book, and come togather at the end. Both are enjoyable stories, but they do lack the magic of the early Arthurian books. There's actually very little magic here. It's more of a historical romance, with Medieval courtship values transplanted to an Arthurian backdrop in the 6th Century.
It's easy to read and has a flowing style from a writer who's been active for many years, but it wasn't a book I could get too excited about. It's very 'talky' - much of the action is reported afterwards rather than described. If you're a Mary Stewart fan, I'm sure this is for you. If you've just read The Crystal Cave and its two sequels, maybe you don't need to read this one.
The stories of the pilgrim - a young girl accompanying her father to Jerusalem and Gaul - and the prince - a young man who has escaped from the clutches of Cornwall's wicked King Mark - run concurrently through much of the book, and come togather at the end. Both are enjoyable stories, but they do lack the magic of the early Arthurian books. There's actually very little magic here. It's more of a historical romance, with Medieval courtship values transplanted to an Arthurian backdrop in the 6th Century.
It's easy to read and has a flowing style from a writer who's been active for many years, but it wasn't a book I could get too excited about. It's very 'talky' - much of the action is reported afterwards rather than described. If you're a Mary Stewart fan, I'm sure this is for you. If you've just read The Crystal Cave and its two sequels, maybe you don't need to read this one.
5 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book was wriyyen in a less descriptive way than 'Lord of the rings' or 'The Prince with the silve hand' but it matches upto them. She puts all her energys into her characters.
The story spans over 12 years and in truth is 2 storys for the two main characters don't meet ontill the end. This means you have two completly diffrent storys going on at the same time.
In summary this is a great book and a must for all fantasy fans but if you don't like fantasy you won't be too intrested.
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