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    <![CDATA[The Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1) (Arthurian Saga, #1)]]>
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    <![CDATA[Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys-- or as he would later be known, Merlin-- leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon... and the conception of Arthur-- king for once and always.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's clear, in <em>The Crystal Cave</em> that Mary Stewart owes quite a bit to the genre of fantasy--and I mean this here in both senses. Not only is her primary source material Geoffery of Monmouth's <em>History of the Kings of Britain</em> (and an excerpt, concerning the legend of Merlin, is included), but the lang...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70162386">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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