The Dragon's Son

by Sarah L. Thomson

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Based on the Mabinogion, a collection of medieval Welsh tales, as well as later legends, tells of family members and servants important in the life of King Arthur, featuring Nimue, Morgan le Fay, Luned, and Mordred.

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This is a realistic, psychologically astute retelling of the Uther, Arthur, and Camelot legends. Nimue, Morgan, Luned, and Medraud each tell their parts in enthralling first-person narrative. The Author's Note sets the stage perfectly for younger readers or those first coming to the history and the legends. The guide to the pronunciation of the Welsh is the best I've seen in a volume of fiction. This book is by no means only for junior readers.
I really enjoyed this. It is well written and engaging. As a fan of Arthurian legends, I knew something about many of the people who feature in this book, but they only usually appear as passing mentions. To me, it is often the back story that is most interesting, as it is there that things happen that set great events in train. Highly recommended.
This is not my usual genre, not a book I would normally pick up. I haven't been able to get through any other King Arthur book. But, I really enjoyed this one. Sarah tells the story in a way that made it interesting to me. I love that it shows several points of view.

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Sarah L. Thomson attended college in Oberlin, Ohio. After graduation, she moved to New York and worked in publishing. She eventually became a senior editor at HarperCollins Children's Books. She became a full-time author shortly after her first book, The Dragon's Son, was published. Her works include Stars and Stripes: The Story of the American show more Flag; all the Wildlife Conservation Society I Can Read Books, including Amazing Tigers!, winner of an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award; and What Lincoln Said. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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The Dragon's Son
Original publication date
2001

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Fiction and Literature, Kids, Tween
DDC/MDS
398.2Social sciencesCustoms, etiquette & folkloreFolkloreFolk literature
LCC
PZ7 .T378 .DLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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English
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