The Quest for Merlin (1985)

by Nikolai Tolstoy

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The Quest for Merlin

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1985

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He that made with his hand
Wynd and water, wode and lond;
Geve heom alle good endyng
That wolon listne this talkyng,
And y schal telle, yow byfore,
How Merlyn was geten and bore
And of his wisdoms also
And othre happes mony mo
Sum whyle byfeol in Engelonde.-------------------------- (Of Arthour and of Merlin, c. 1260)

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Britain's first bestseller dates from the year 1136.

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