Merlin

by Norma Lorre Goodrich

Paperback, 1989

Status

Available

Local notes

PB Goo

Barcode

922

Collections

LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION

Tags

GRADE 6: Traditional Literature: King Arthur & Merlin, 6th grade: Library on Wheels, *Great Britain, Historical Fiction, History, Middle Ages, Medieval, Crusades, *England, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School

Genres

Publication

Harper Perennial (1989), Edition: Reprint, 400 pages

Description

Combines an array of evidence and argument drawn from years of dedicated scholarship and detective work to recover a great man of the Arthurian age.

Subjects

Arthurian romances History and criticism
Legends Great Britain
Merlin (Legendary character) in literature
Wizards in literature

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

1988

Physical description

400 p.; 5.31 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member Arctic-Stranger
Goodrich tries to do justice to the Merlin ethos, succeeds in some places, and but in the end the reader is left with more questions than answers. She does not fall into the area of lunacy, which can happen with a book like this, but niether is the pure history.

Personally I enjoyed fantasies about
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 Merlin more than I did this book.
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Pages

400

Rating

½ (16 ratings; 3.7)

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