An absolutely outstanding take on the Arthurian legend. Arthur's a bandit chief, Merlin's a sleight-of-hand magician with a touch of the con artist, and the narrator is a teenage girl whose village is pillaged by Arthur's bandits. It's a study on the origins of a society's founding myths, written for young adults but very much readable by older readers. ( )

This is an interesting addition to the body of Arthur stories. For one thing it's told by a girl. For another it has the knowing air of the "the myth's not real, this is how the myth came about". It's an interesting angle. Written as Young adult, this is not the most complex book, and a lot of the emotion is superficial. But it's not as bad as I feared it might be. ( )

I loved this retelling of Arthur as kind of a brute, Merlin as his storyteller/ public relations huckster. the language of the writing itself was exquisite. ( )

I loved this retelling of Arthur as kind of a brute, Merlin as his storyteller/ public relations huckster. the language of the writing itself was exquisite. ( )

I loved this retelling of Arthur as kind of a brute, Merlin as his storyteller/ public relations huckster. the language of the writing itself was exquisite. ( )