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The Crystal Cave

by Mary Stewart

Paperback, 494 pages, Harpercollins, List Price: $14.95 |

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Stewart's first chapter in her five-volume take on the Arthurian legend is told from the point of view of young Merlin, who reluctantly engineers the birth of Arthur.

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