Merlin

by Stephen Knight

Book Overview

Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, has been a source of enduring fascination for centuries. In this authoritative, entertaining, and generously illustrated book, Stephen Knight traces the myth of Merlin back to its earliest roots in the early Welsh figure of Myrddin. He then follows Merlin as he is imagined and reimagined through centuries of literature and art, beginning with Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose immensely popular History of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801443652
• ISBN13: 9780801443657
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"