Mary langweilt sich in den Ferien bei ihrer Tante ganz fürchterlich, bis ein schwarzer Kater, eine seltsame Blume und ein kleiner Besen sie zu einer Schule für Hexerei und Zauberei führen. Sie wird für eine Schülerin gehalten und stellt schnell fest, dass hier viel Schreckliches vor sich geht. Sie bekommt es mit der finsteren Direktorin Madam Mumblechook zu tun und gerät beim Kampf gegen das Böse in große Gefahr.
The bestselling author of the acclaimed Merlin Trilogy returns to the magical world of King Arthur and Camelot-to tell a story of daring adventure, unexpected love, and unsurpassed enchantment.Eager, burning, and young, Alexander has come of age to take vengeance on the treacherous King of Cornwall who murdered his father. He sets off toward Camelot to seek justice from King Arthur, only to be diverted by the beautiful and sensual Morgan le Fay, Arthur's sister. Using her wiles and her enchantments, Morgan persuades the young prince to attempt a theft of the Holy Grail.
He is unaware her motives are of the darkest nature.Motherless daughter of a royal duke, Alice has lived a life of lively adventure, accompanying her father on his yearly pilgrimages. Now, on her father's final visit to Jerusalem, she comes under the protection of a young prince whose brothers were murdered, a prince who is in possession of an enchanted silver cup believed to be the mysterious Holy Grail itself.Thus the stage is set for two young seekers to meet-and to find not what they are searching for but, instead, the greatest treasure of all: love.
Mary Stewart's stunning Arthurian Saga that began with The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment continues withThe Wicked Day, the story of the clash between King Arthur and his bastard son, MordredBorn of an incestuous relationship between King Arthur and his half sister, and prophesied by Merlin to kill Arthur, Mordred is stolen away from his mother and raised in secrecy by a kind couple on an isolated Orkney island in the hopes that he will defy his fate.Mordred, known to history as a traitor and a murderer, is no villain, but a quick-witted young man, with hopes and dreams of his own. But try as he might, Mordred cannot escape Merlin's prophecy.His mother, the evil sorceress Morgause, tracks her son down and takes him back, then feeds the flames of Mordred's ambition, setting into motion a chain of events that will go down in history-and legend-as father and son are finally forced to confront each other one last time: on the wicked day of destiny, when Arthur's final battle will be fought.
"Arthur Pendragon is king! Crowned and recognized as High King, Arthur is unchallenged on the battlefield, and he melds the country together in a time of promise, as Merlin works in the shadows.
But sinister powers plot to destroy Camelot, and when the witch-queen Morgause-Arthur's own half sister-ensnares him in an incestuous liaison, a fatal web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is woven."
The spellbinding, suspenseful story of how Merlin, the Enchanter, helped Arthur become the king of all Britain-a magnificent novel set in a time when no life is safe, no law stable
Keeping watch over the young Arthur Pendragon, the prince and prophet Merlin Ambrosius is haunted by dreams of the magical sword Caliburn, which has been hidden for centuries. When Uther Pendragon is killed in battle, the time of destiny is at hand, and Arthur must claim the fabled sword to become the true High King of Britain.
The prophetic voice of Merlin communicates not only the bristling atmosphere of the story's ancient setting but also its profound relevance to our own time. Once again, as she did in her bestselling The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart provides a glowing re-creation of pre-Camelot England.
"A fascinating re-creation of the King Arthur legend."-Newsweek
Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myrdden 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 High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon ... and the conception of Arthur, king for once and always.
"Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first-class."-Daily Mail
Beloved author Mary Stewart's long-lost novella, now available for the first time in 40 years and perfect for fans of Anya Seton, Daphne du Maurier and Santa Montefiore.
'Now she would spell love her own way...'
In 1879, a wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman, leaving her family, who live on the volcanic island of Lanzarote, distraught. In 1968, 23-year-old Perdita West, secretary to the famous author Cora Gresham, visits Lanzarote, the strangest and most wild of the Canary Isles, on a research trip. They meet Cora's estranged son, Mike, and fall in love with the unusual, beautiful little island.
While snorkeling, a landslide traps Perdita in an underwater cave. No one knows where she is, so she can't count on a rescue. And her efforts to save herself will reveal the solution to a century-old mystery...
The Wind off the Small Isles is Mary Stewart's sweeping, romantic long-lost novella, finally being brought back to print in a beautiful, all new edition for the first time in more than four decades.
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