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THE EAGLES’ BROOD : A DREAM OF EAGLES
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
By Jack Whyte
Published by Viking /Penguin Books, Toronto, Canada,
First Published 1994 FIRST EDITION First Printing of the First Canadian Edition and True First Edition of the Author's Third Book which precedes the 1997 Forge Books/Tom Doherty First American Edition and First Hardcover Edition subsequently titled The Eagles' Brood: Volume Three of The Camulod Chronicles
This book is a Large Thick Pictorial Soft Cover with French flaps as issued, in very good condition with 643 pages. Cover Artwork by Branislav Perkovic.
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR
FROM THE COVER ==== Born of the chaos of the Dark Ages, the dream of eagles produced a king, a country, and an everlasting legend Camelot.
Book Three in Jack Whyte's bestselling chronicle of Camelot, The Eagles' Brood is the story of those who would train, teach and shape the boy called Arthur: Uther Pendragon, the father Arthur never knew; Ambrose, the warrior saint who taught the boy to love and to fight; Gulrhys Lot, Duke of Cornwall, who became the example by which the young King would come to recognize evil; and Caius Merlyn Britannicus, the half-Roman, half-Celtic hero who, despite disbelieving in the supernatural all his life, was nonetheless destined to become the greatest magician of all time and all tales.
Most know him as Merlyn; all call him Commander. Caius Merlyn Britannicus is responsible for the safety of the Colony known as Camulod, and for the welfare of the colonists who look to him for guidance, leadership, justice and salvation.
Merlyn and Uther Pendragon have known each other since they were born, four hours apart on the same day, the year the legions left Britain. Cousins, they have grown up together, and have lived and trained for warfare all their lives. As different as can be, they are inseparable: two faces of the same coin. In a world torn apart, each of them is the other's certainty until a vicious crime, one that strikes at the roots of Merlyn's own life, drives a wedge between them.
Gifted, or cursed, with a flawed power he cannot understand and dare not acknowledge, Merlyn must struggle with his own doubts about his cousin's guilt or innocence, a struggle made more arduous by his need of Uther's military assistance against invasions and the incursions of a demented domestic warlord.
It is this profound adversity that will propel Merlyn from the pragmatic world of the professional soldier into the realm of legend.
FROM THE PUBLISHER=== Caius Merlyn Britannicus: Most know the new leader of the Colony as Merlyn; all callhim Commander. He is responsible for the Colony's safeth, and the people look to him for justice and salvation. It is a harsh life but a good one, and Merlyn is dedicated to spreading the influence of Roman culture beyond the Colony's borders. Uther Pendragon: The man who will father the legendary Arthur, King of the Britons. He is the cousin Merlyn has known and loved since their births. He is the tireless warrior -- the red dragon to Merlyn's great silver bear -- and between the two of them, the Colony knows few enemies. In a world torn apart by warfare and upheaval, each is the other's certainty and the guarantee of the survival of the Colony...until a vicious crime, one that strikes at the roots of Merlyn's own life, drives a wedge between them. A wedge that threatens the fate of a nation...
REVIEWS == The very best storytellers keep their readers glued to the story with plot, character, and a keen sense of the dramatic....Whyte breathes life into the Arthurian myths by weaving the reality of history into them.— Tony Hillerman
REVIEWS == This book is enjoyable for the same reason that Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave was. It presents Merlin as a real person, not a two-dimensional magician/adviser, and explores the real environment of King Arthur's world from Merlin's perspective. The first person narrative copies Stewart's approach, and works as well. Impressive historical setting and the rich description of late Roman Britain gives the story a depth not often found in the fantasy genre. The detailed ironmongery and militarist/feudal bent of the era are well captured, though a sense of how an agrarian economy supported all of these horsemen and warriors is missing. The book's major shortcoming is the pornographic detail of some wenching scenes. It is one thing to explain how carnal appetites were approached with both pre-Christian casualness great gusto by young Brito-Roman aristocrats-- it is entirely unnecessary to go into genital approach angles and a detailed accounting of who was licking whom. In contrast, a very tender erotic scene was drawn where Merlin and Cassandra first become intimate, and it was done without using pornographic detail. Perhaps by using the extreme contrast Whyte was illustrating with heavy quill the difference between lust and love. And what inspired the bit of psychobabble where Merlin goes into a four page digression that amounts to measuring manhood, literally, with Uther? Too heavy handed, and a basically unnecessary tool(pun intended) for showing the differences in temperament between Uther and Merlin. Those weaknesses aside, the story is very readable, though only suitable for adult readers, due to the adult content comprising some fifteen pages. Better editing and less graphic language woud have made this a four or five star book. I will continue enjoying the series, because old Britain fairly jumps off of the page and into my living room when I read it.
THE SORCERER :THE FORT AT RIVER’S BEND: BOOK ONE A DREAM OF EAGLES
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
By Jack Whyte
Published by Viking/Penguin Books, Toronto, Canada 1997 FIRST EDITION First Printing with Printing Number Line 1,3,5,7,9,10,8,6,4,2 , == of the First Canadian Edition and True First Edition of the Author's Fourth Book which precedes the 1999 Forge Books/Tom Doherty First American Edition and First Hardcover Edition subsequently titled The Sorcerer - The Fort at River's Bend: Volume Five of The Camulod Chronicles,
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
This book is a Large Thick Soft Cover with French flaps as issued in Fine condition with 534 pages. Cover Artwork by Branislav Perkovic .
FROM THE PUBLISHER ==== Merlyn Britannicus, leader of the Colony known as Camulod, is faced with the task of educating his young charge, Arthur, future King of the Britons. Fearing for the life of his nephew when an assassination attempt goes awry, Merlyn takes Arthur and his boyhood companions Gwin, Ghilleadh, and Bedwyr on a journey that will take them to the ruins of a long-abandoned Roman fort—far from Camulod and the only place where Merlyn feels they will be safe. It is there that Merlyn will enlist the help of this close-knit group of friends to help Arthur learn the skills of a warrior and the tough lessons of justice, honor, and the responsibilities of leadership. Arthur is just a boy...but the day is not far off when he will have to claim his sword that is his birthright: Excalibur.
REVIEWS == A series that promises to provide historic plausibility to the legend of King Arthur...the best of its type in the near quarter of a century since Mary Stewart's version of these legends burst upon the publishing scene.
REVIEWS == Fearing for the life of his nephew, eight-year-old Arthur Pendragon, after an assassination attempt in their beloved Camulod, Caius Merlyn Brittanicus uproots the boy and sails with an intimate group of friends and warriors to Ravenglass, seeking sanctuary from King Derek. Though Ravenglass is supposed to be a peaceful port, danger continues to threaten and it is only through the quick thinking of the sharp-tongued, knife-wielding sorceress Shelagh that catastrophe and slaughter are averted. Derek, who now realizes the value of the allegiances Merlyn's party bring to his land, offers the Camulodians the use of an abandoned Roman fort that is easily defensible. The bulk of the novel involves the growth of Arthur from boyhood to adolescence at the fort. There he is taught the arts of being a soldier and a ruler, and magnificent training swords are forged in Excalibur's pattern from the metals of the Skystone. While danger still lurks around every corner, this is a peaceful time for Britain, so this installment of the saga (The Saxon Shore, etc.) focuses primarily on the military skills Arthur masters, as well as on the building and refurbishing of an old Roman fort. Whyte has again written a historical fiction filled with vibrant detail. Young Arthur is less absorbing a character than many of the others presented (being seemingly too saintly and prescient for his or any other world), but readers will revel in the impressively researched facts and in how Whyte makes the period come alive.
THE SORCERER :METAMORPHOSIS: BOOK TWO == A DREAM OF EAGLES
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
By Jack Whyte
Published by
Viking /Penguin Books, Toronto, Canada 1997 FIRST EDITION First Printing with
Printing Number Line 1,3,5,7,9,10,8,6,4,2 ,== of the First
Canadian Edition and True First Edition of the Author's
Fifth Book which precedes the 1999 Forge Books/Tom Doherty First
American Edition and First Hardcover Edition subsequently titled The Sorcerer -
-Metamorphosis: Volume Six of The Camulod Chronicles,
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
This book is a Large Thick Soft Cover with French flaps as issued in fine condition (price clipped) with 530 pages. Cover Artwork by Branislav Perkovic .
FROM THE PUBLISHER ==Throughout the widely praised Camulod Chronicles, Merlyn Britannicus has been driven by one sacred dream--to see Britain united under one just, powerful king. In The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis, it is time for the Sorcerer to fulfill his promise--to present the battle-proven Arthur as the Riothamus, the High King of Britain. When Arthur miraculously withdraws the Sword of Kingship from the stone in which it is set, he proves himself the true and deserving king--sworn to defend the Christian faith against invaders, and to preserve Britain as a powerful, united force.The Sorcerer has fulfilled his promise. The King is crowned, Britain is united--and the face of history and legend is forever changed.
REVIEWS == As the forces of Peter Ironhair threaten the land of Camulod, Merlyn Britannicus realizes that the time has come for his ward, Arthur Pendragon, to claim the skystone sword Excalibur and take his rightful place as High King of Britain. The latest volume of Whyte's epic retelling of the Arthurian cycle marks the end of Arthur's childhood training and the beginning of the legend that surrounds his career. Whyte firmly grounds his tale in historical detail, personal drama, and political intrigue, combining realism and wonder in a fortuitous blend. Compellingly told, this addition to Arthurian-based fiction belongs in most libraries.
REVIEWS == Volume VI of the Arthurian saga The Camulod Chronicles follows hard upon the previous installment, The Fort at River's Bend (p. 256). The series focuses at first on the discovery of the ore from which Excalibur is forged, the twilight of the Roman occupation of Britain, and the formation of the Camulod colony by Merlyn Britannicus and Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon. In the fourth volume, orphaned Arthur was still a child; in the fifth, as a result of a failed assassination, he was taken to an abandoned Roman fort, where Merlyn prepared him as a warrior to receive Excalibur at last. In that episode, young Arthur showed a commanding ability, wisdom, and common sense, but Merlyn's old enemy back in Cornwall, Peter Ironhair, posed a formidable threat. Now, in Volume VI, the long-awaited metamorphosis takes place, with Arthur assuming his role as a Christian king ready to fight off all invaders. Merlyn's beloved Tressa dies, and the magician himself comes so close to death that he must go in to a two-year retreat to recover his health. During that period, Arthur grows from youth to man while leading his troops against Carthac, wielding a sword he does not know is a stand-in for Excalibur. When he draws the true Sword from an altar stone at novel's end and girds Camulod to fight a massive fleet of new invaders, the metamorphosis is complete. The slow pace is necessary in creating the dense experience Whyte intends. Jump in here, now that Arthur's in motion, and you can always go back to earlier volumes if this look at the legend's subtext grabs you.
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