Förlagets beskrivning
The year is 1199, the place the Welsh Marches, where young Arthur de
Caldicot practises his tilting and archery, learns to be a dutiful page to his
father, and waits impatiently to grow up and become a knight. One day his
father's friend Merlin gives him a shining black stone. When Author starts to
see stories in the stone, his life quickly becomes entwined with that of his
namesake, the boy who pulls the sword in the stone. In the many-layered novel of which this is the talking book, King Arthur is
seen as a figure for all time - an exemplar to his namesake, a mysterious
presence influencing not just one time and place but many. The 100 short
chapters are almost like sound bites, not only of the mythical past of King
Arthur but the real, earthy, uncomfortable Middle Ages. The turn of the
century; uncertainty about the future; war and peace; Christianity and Islam;
rationalism and superstition; the sharp contracts in the lives of rich and
poor; all these issues impact on the life of a boy in a medieval manor and give
the book its uniquely contemporary feel. The Seeing Stone is a unique and brilliant new take on the Arthurian
story-cycle. The author is a magician with words and his light, speedy
narrative is as easy to listen to as it is poetic. This is the first volume in a trilogy with a new take on the Arthurian
legends, interwoven with a story set in medieval times.
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