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The Third Magic
by
Welwyn Wilton Katz (Goodreads Author)
Fifteen-year-old Morgan Lefevre is mistaken for one of her ancestors while visiting Tintagel, King Arthur's birthplace in England. In this vivid and innovative interpretation of the King Arthur legend, she is summoned through time to the alien world of Nwm. With her only companion, the boy Arduu, she is caught between the opposing cruelties of the two Magics, the Circle, a...more
Paperback, 218 pages
Published
March 31st 2000
by Groundwood Books
(first published 1988)
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I loved this book as a child and reread it constantly throughout my school years. I haven't touched it in a while, but it definitely gave me a lifelong love of books set in alternate worlds, and retellings of familiar myths and stories. It also gave me a love of Welwyn Wilton Katz - I read everything of hers that I could get my hands on. She and I are from the same city and I loved that some of her other books (eg. False Face) were set there.
In The Third Magice, we are introduced to Arddu, a you...more
In The Third Magice, we are introduced to Arddu, a you...more
The Third Magic is an interesting, but not terribly successful, take on the Arthurian mythos. When 15-year-old Morgan Lefevre travels with her parents to the ruins of Tintagel in Cornwall, she is mysteriously transported from our world to the world of Nwm, where two groups of sorcerers (the female Circle and the male Line) have been in conflict for centuries. There she meets a boy named Arddu and discovers the secret of their connection to each other and to King Arthur.
The premise of The Third M...more
The premise of The Third M...more
I adored this book as a child. It was right up there with The Chronicles of Narnia and A Wrinkle in Time as my favorite fantasy books that I read when I was young. In fact, when it was time to get rid of the books that I'd outgrown, I couldn't bear to part with this one. It's still sitting on my bookshelf alongside the copies of the books I mentioned above and will soon be gracing my 8 year old daughter's shelf, though I might have to read it one more time before I pass it on to her. Just saying...more
Dec 29, 2008
Laura
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
arthurian-legend,
teenage-me
Teenage Me could not get enough of this book. I always loved Arthurian legends, and this is such a vivid and unusual telling. I wrote a review of this book on Amazon.com once, after I had bought a stack of Teenage Me books in a fit of nostalgia. And, amazingly, I got an email from the author! He thanked me for my kind words, and was very glad that I had enjoyed the book. For that, this book will always be a favorite.
I read this book when I was a child and loved it. It absolutely sparked my interest in fantasy novels at a very young and impressionable age. If you have kids, or you yourself loved Harry Potter, you should enjoy this book immensely.
Fell in love with this book in public school and its been with me ever since then. Its one of the only books that no matter how much I prepare myself, I cry, and always at the same part.
I remember devouring this book when I was nine. Some of the visuals are still with me.
Nov 04, 2010
Sophie Ranger_of_the_oakleaf
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I love this book! It has an interesting, worldly plot, and well-developed characters.
My one-word review in 1992: "Lousy."
I really enjoyed this book.
The story was interwoven rather nicely into the Arthurian story with just enough familiarity to the story to make it recognizable but enough different to not be sure how it would all turn out. It was a bit confusing at the beginning because the author just threw us into the story and didn't explain a lot. I'm also not sure that I ever completely identified with the characters - I'm not sure that I cared enough about what would happen to them.
Aug 11, 2011
Lady Lioness
marked it as keepers
Basement
It's been a long time sing I've read this book, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit. I'd love to come across it again to see if it's just as good as I remember it.
Update: So I've now reread this book, and I enjoyed it just as much, if not more. When I first read it, I wasn't very familiar with the King Arthur legend, so a lot of it went right over my head. Actually knowing what was being referenced made a huge difference!
Update: So I've now reread this book, and I enjoyed it just as much, if not more. When I first read it, I wasn't very familiar with the King Arthur legend, so a lot of it went right over my head. Actually knowing what was being referenced made a huge difference!
I read this book when I was young, and then again when I was older. A twist on Arthurian legend. It really sucks me in. On second review however, I found it to be more frightening. Severed heads? I don't remember severed heads?
Apr 23, 2013
Emily Allender
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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Apr 02, 2013
Sunny Lai
marked it as to-read
Mar 10, 2013
Laura
marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2013
Jennifer
marked it as to-read
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