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The Coming of the King:

The First Book of Merlin
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Bantam Books, 1989 - Fiction - 630 pages
The first volume of 'The Books of Merlin' the massive saga of Merlin's life and his extraordinary impact on Celtic Britain. Tells of a time when it seemed the worst and last age had visited the Earth, A time when mankind seemed doomed and the whole creation teetered on the brink of annihilation.

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Review: The Coming of the King (Books of Merlin, #1)

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Originally published on my blog here in December 2001. This novel, the first of a projected trilogy which hasn't yet appeared (and probably never will), made quite a stir among my more literary ... Read full review

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A fairly dense story of Merlin and the Celts in early England, not to all tastes. Read full review

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About the author (1989)

Nikolai Tolstoy is a highly recognized historian and biographer. He is a White Russian and heir to the senior line of the Tolstoy family. His great-grandfather was a cousin of the world-famous novelist. In compiling "Victims of Yalta", Tolstoy spent five years of intensive research traveling all over Europe to interview survivors and inspect sites of repatriation operations. His previous works include "The Coming of the King", "The Quest for Merlin", "The Minister and the Massacres", "The Night of the Long Knives", "Stalin's Secret War", and "The Tolstoys". He lives in Somerset, England.

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TitleThe Coming of the King: The First Book of Merlin
Bantam Spectra Book
Volume 1 of The books of Merlin
AuthorNikolai Tolstoy
PublisherBantam Books, 1989
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized13 Apr 2007
ISBN0553052691, 9780553052695
Length630 pages
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