The Crystal Cave

Fifth century Britain is a country of chaos and division after the Roman withdrawal This is the world of young Merlin, the illegitimate child of a South Wales princess who will not reveal to her son his father s true identity Yet Merlin is an extraordinary child, aware at the earliest age that he possesses a great natural gift the Sight Against a background of invasion and imprisonment, wars and conquest, Merlin emerges into manhood, and accepts his dramatic role in the New Beginning the coming of King Arthur. Best Download The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I actually read this book first when I was 11 or 12 and would have rated it a 5 with that self When I was a girl I was lucky enough to be a tomboy and have male figures in my life who taught me the things I would later realize were traditionally guy stuff I remembered this book with a mystical fondness because I remember absolutely identifying with the character of Merlin and cast myself in the role of boy adventurer.Unfortunately, I have to now temper that literal reading with things I am I actually read this book first when I was 11 or 12 and would have rated it a 5 with that self When I was a girl I was lucky enough to be a tomboy and have male figures in my life who taught me the things I would later realize were traditionally guy stuff I remembered this book with a mystical fondness because I remember absolutely identifying with the character of Merlin and cast myself in the role of boy adventurer.Unfortunately, I have to now temper that literal reading with things I am aware of now that all the women in this book, with no exception fall into one of three roles martyr, slut, or witch Not to go too far down that path, but it s a shame when a book gives you such magic as a child and is laid bare in adisappointing way when you grow up I looked, in Mary Stewart s afterword, for some k...5 enthusiastic starsThe first memory of all is dark and fireshot It is not my own memory, but later you will understand how I know these things You would call it not memory so much as a dream of the past, something in the blood, something recalled from him, it may be, while he still bore me in his body I believe that such things can be So it seems to me right that I should start with him who was before me, and who will be again when I am goneWow This book was exceptional I was 5 enthusiastic starsThe first memory of all is dark and fireshot It is not my own memory, b... The Crystal Cave is a lush, detailed historical fantasy about Merlin the magician, from his boyhood through when he was a young man before Arthur comes on the scene It s well written and richly imagined but the pace is rather slow, or deliberate if I m being nice.So I ve been having some issues with this book which is kind of embarrassing since I m a moderator of the Mary Stewart GR group I got about halfway through this book a few months back and then stalled out It s been sitting The Crystal Cave is a lush, detailed historical fantasy about Merlin the magician, from his boyhood through when he was a young man before Arthur comes on the scene It s well written and richly imagined but the pace is rather slow, or deliberate if I m being nice.So I ve been having some issues with this book which is kind of embarrassing since I m a moderator of the Mary Stewart GR group I got about halfway through this book a few months back and then stalled out It s been sitting under my bed since then while I ve gotten busy with other books I m not quite ready to call this quits and label it a DNF, but it s on hold at least for now I don t think I m inclined to read the other books in this series Mea culpa.November 2017 buddy read with the Mary Stewart group.Original post I read this so long ago, and remember it so little, that I would feel really guilty about giving it a star rating But Mary Stewart was a very talented author and I like almost everything she wrote On...I love Mary Stewart s work She always mixes the right amount of supernatural and realism, and here is no exception Throw out your previous ideas of Merlin, Arthur, and Magic Here s something a littleOrganic In her Arthurian Saga, Stewart mixes historical figures with figures of myth in a way that is pleasing to the historian s eye I don t mean in a true hist...I have spent most of this morning reading this book right to the end It is an outstanding book and the author Mary Stewart has done a brilliant job in the writing of it The Crystal Cave is the first of Mary Stewart s excellent Arthurian books, telling the story of King Arthur this time from the exciting perspective of the great wizard Merlin We are so used to reading books about Arthur and Merlin where Arthur is the key figure but this book is definitely Merlin s story and I loved reading it I have spent most of this morning reading this book right to the end It is an outstanding book and the author Mary Stewart has done a brilliant job in the writing of it The Crystal Cave is the first of Mary Stewart s excellent Arthurian books, telling the story of King Arthur this time from the exciting perspective of the great wizard Merlin We are so used to reading books about Arthur and Merlin where Arthur is the key figure but this book is definitely Merlin s story and I loved reading it.The legend of Merlin begins when he is a young boy born illegitimately to a Welsh Princess and despised by the King It is set in the fifth century There are lots of books written about the life and times of King Arthur and of course the mysterious wizard Merlin Legends lend themselves to many interpretations This version is for me one of the very best of them all Mary Stewart writes beautifully with a fantastic imagina...The Crystal Cave, book1, Arthurian Novels.A fantasy story of King Arthur and Merlin Absolutely wonderful A fascinating read Made all theintriguing because it reads as historical fiction This was my first fantasy read I expected looseness of writing and a plot that wobbled This despite the great reviews I had read And that Mary Stewart is the author.jBTW Mary Stewart based her characters on Geoffrey of Monmouth s History of the Kings of Britain Which she asserts is not held in The Crystal Cave, book1, Arthurian Novels.A fantasy story of King Arthur and Merlin Absolutely wonderful A fascinating read Made all theintriguing because it reads as historical fiction This was my first fantasy read I expected looseness of writing and a plot that wobbled This despite the great reviews I had read And that Mary Stewart is the author.jBTW Mary Stewart based her characters on Geoffrey of Monmouth s History of the Kings of Britain Which she asserts is not held in high regard by serious historians....One of the best Authurian saga I ve ever read.It felt as if I were there watching the events unfold before my eyes.Who was Merlin Most of us know the Arthurian tales in some aspect or another, and in them each of us has an idea of the role of Merlin, the great wizard who guides Arthur to be a great king Few of us have ever stopped to think that legends spring from men and to wonder who the man was who was Merlin Mary Stewart stopped to ask that question, and then proceeded to answer it with such finesse and glory and brilliance that whatever image of Merlin you have ever held will be dispelled and only Who was Merlin Most of us know the Arthurian tales in some aspect or another, and in them each of us has an idea of the role of Merlin, the great wizard who guides Arthur to be a great king Few of us have ever stopped to think that legends spring from men and to wonder who the man was who was Merlin Mary Stewart stopped to ask that...It s hard to put my finger on what bothered me about The Crystal Cave On the surface, it s something I should love other people whose taste I trust loved it, and tore through it it deals with Merlin, whose life I m interested in it s set in Wales I enjoy elaborations on less explored facets of the legends But somehow, it just took me far too long to get through it, and I happily abandoned it for whatever else looked interesting, given half a chance.Merlin s voice never quite felt real to It s hard to put my finger on what bothered me about The Crystal Cave On the surface, it s something I should love other people whose taste I trust loved it, and tore through it it deals with Merlin, whose life I m interested in it s set in Wales I enjoy elaborations on less explored facets of the legends But somehow, it just took me far too long to get through it, and I happily abandoned it for whatever else looked interesting, given half a chance.Merlin s voice never quite felt real to me, for a start I know that it s a retrospective voice, but it s so very measured, and few par...3.5 I struggled a bit on how to rate this even though I think Mary Stewart is an amazing storyteller This is the first in the Arthurian Saga series, told from the perspective of Merlin from the age of a young boy into early adulthood I was really taken in by the story of Merlin himself and the people he encountered I liked learning about the humanity of his character and what his magic was really about, and reading about the mystery behind his father Some of the parts on war and politics 3.5 I struggled a bit on how to rate this even though I think Mary Stewart is an amazing storyteller This is the first in the Arthurian Saga series, told from the perspective of Merlin from the age of a young boy into early adulthood I was really taken in by the story of Merlin himself and the people he encountered I liked learning about the humanity of his character and what his magic was really about, and reading about the mystery behind his fa...

• English
• 12 August 2019
Mary Stewart
• Paperback
• 494 pages
• 0060548258
• Mary Stewart
• The Crystal Cave