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  <title><![CDATA[Merlin (The Pendragon Cycle, Book 2)]]></title>
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  <default_description>An enchanting tale of love and loss, glory and grandeur, set in the twilight of Rome's power . . . where the Celtic chieftains of Britain battle to save their land from an onrushing darkness . . . In this modern classic, Stephen Lawhead presents a majestic retelling of Western literature's most compelling epic. Merlin. His golden eyes saw the shape of a world yet to be. His wisdom would light the path of the coming King. Born of a union between druid and faery, he was trained as a bard and schooled in the ways of battle. But his heart and calling were greater than a warrior's. Son of the great Taliesin, the song of his father coursed through his soul. Yet his life and mission were to be his own. And though sovereignty was his, he would lay it aside to serve a king of his own choosing. As his powers transcended those of mortal men, so, too, would his trials, his griefs . . . and the dark might of his most fearsome enemy. In the twilight of Tome's rule over the Island of the Mighty, as smaller men vied for ascendancy, his would be the hand to lay the foundations of a new order -- the Kingdom of Summer . . . and Arthur, Pendragon of Britain. Merlin is book two in the Pendragon Cycle.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1988</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephen R. Lawhead]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This second book in the series takes us from Merlin's childhood to his saving baby Arthur (I don't think that's a spoiler---don't we all know he did that?).  Unlike Taliesin, the narration is first person, which I think is right.  I like Merlin telling his own story.  I liked this one more than I li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45190474">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5560516">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 02 21:58:59 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 02 21:58:59 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[the second book of the cycle, but the first book of the cycle that i read.. :p<br/>all i can say is, this book made me love merlin even more.. ^_^<br/>a must read for those of you who loves arthurian legend.. there's a bit of religious stuff in all of stephen r. lawhead's books, which is fine with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5560516">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30896450">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 22 08:51:54 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 22 08:56:51 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a book!<br/><br/>The second installment in the Pendragon Cycle left me just as eager for more as the last one did. Carrying on Lawhead's standards of vivid descriptions and British heritage, <em>Merlin</em> focused on the life of Merlin Ambrosius and his preparation for the coming of the Pendragon.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30896450">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64037456">
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    <name><![CDATA[Julia]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 18 18:50:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 18 18:53:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While not as much a favorite of mine as Taliesin, this was a good book.  I was very sad for the loss Merlin experienced.  It was very regrettable to me.  Admittedly, this book is far removed from my understanding of who Merlin was, but then, I have not studied the topic, even though it interests me.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64037456">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33589785">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Sep 22 23:55:13 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 23 13:15:30 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If only you could do partial stars on goodreads, but you can't. I would give this book 3.5 stars, I think. It was pretty good. Way better than Taliesin (book 1 in this series), in my opinion. Things that were confusing and unexplained in Taliesin founds their explanation in Merlin. Unlike Taliesin, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33589785">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77717886">
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 13 20:46:05 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 13 20:48:33 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm so tired of Rehashes of the Arthurian legend,(there seem to be thousands) but the Lawhead series is (I think) better than the norm.]]></body>
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    <review id="49272541">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book two in the series shows how Merlin helps spread Christianity on &quot;The Island of the Mighty&quot;.]]></body>
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    <review id="43850795">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 21 14:41:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like this as well.  Got depressed as it seemed so hopeless and futile.]]></body>
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    <review id="69353987">
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    <location><![CDATA[Albuquerque, NM]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Sep 19 08:58:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I find this series pretty interesting.  The books are a little hard to get into, but once I get into them, they are really good.  I've only read a few books about Arthurian legend, and this seems to tie all the bits I've read into a full story.  I'm excited to read the next one!]]></body>
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    <review id="50504565">
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    <name><![CDATA[Josh]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 27 17:33:44 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poor Merlin!  No wonder he is portrayed the way he is in the other Arhur stories.  If he endured half of this it would be too much.]]></body>
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    <review id="71240816">
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  <date_updated>Mon Sep 14 19:25:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read when I was 13 or so- amazing story.]]></body>
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    <review id="72730393">
    <user id="2783218">
    <name><![CDATA[Sam]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting take on Arthurian legend.]]></body>
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    <review id="74942236">
    <user id="2062100">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 18 13:57:13 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[more active than first]]></body>
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    <review id="71978841">
    <user id="1691953">
    <name><![CDATA[Jason]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best of this series.]]></body>
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    <review id="17809437">
    <user id="995182">
    <name><![CDATA[Jessi]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I also like this book because it always keeps you hanging. You never know what's going to happen next. I also like all the love at first sight stuff. The battles, the courts, kings and ladies. It's a romantic action adventure. <br/><br/>I don't like how the book jumped from past to present without...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17809437">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35731620">
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    <body><![CDATA[I did like this series. I enjoyed the first book which included the back story of Atlantis and how the survivors made it to Ancient Britain. Merlin continues the story and I loved it from his point of view. It fills in what one might speculate about the legend. Unfortunately, Morgana Le Fey is evil ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35731620">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31889086">
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    <name><![CDATA[Alyssa]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 03 03:39:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I am not always a fan of the first-person narrative, this is executed superbly in a voice that drew me in from the beginning.  I had always thought of Merlin as a sort of remote, unfathomable character in mythology, but this book really humanized him for me and made me care not only about his ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31889086">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is terribly and tragically sad.  I cried for days after one of the chapters in this book.  If you are not crazy about battles and violence, this is probably not the series for you.  On the other hand, it is beautifully written and the characters are well developed.  I gave it four stars be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15153002">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this one even better than Taliesin.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very cool, new take on Merlin.]]></body>
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