on the Arthurian mythos, I Am Mordred: A Tale of Camelot and I Am Morgan Le Fay. I would believe that this tale still holds relevance to readers because of Springer’s ability to make one have empathy for the famous villainess of the Legend of Arthur, and to sate one’s curiosity for the legend itself. Nancy Springer has published forty novels for adults, young adults and. Luckily, the magical setting of the novel can make the material applicable to contemporary teens from the ages of 13 upwards. One can easily slip into the thrall of the novel’s medieval, fantasy landscape. The novel has lyrical prose that is accentuated even more so with the help of Jenny Sterlin as narrator. Readers follow Morgan’s downward spiral from a fiercely independent girl to a woman who would do anything to protect what she yearns for. The reader follows young Morgan as she comes into her powers and determined to refuse the fate that is bestowed upon her, further binds herself to be fate. It's really too bad they are so low on the list.Readers should be aware that this novel is a companion to Nancy Springer’s award winning I am Mordred and draws from the Legend of Arthur as inspiration for portraying the villainess of the legend-Morgan Le Fey. He is the guy who christianised the story.įrom there you get a bunch of anonymous french authors who wrote the Lancelot-Grail, and many other 13th century european sources.Īll this is what makes the core of the matter of Britain. Robert de Boron then wrote three books ( Joseph d’Arimathie, Merlin, Perceval) that you can find in Merlin and the Grail: The Trilogy of Arthurian Prose Romances. Parzival and Lanzelet were written around the same period. All from 1.45 New Books from 61.01 Used Books from 1.45 Rare Books from 38. Which inspired Chrétien de Troyes who was the first to write stories specifically about the arthurian legends. This companion to 'I Am Mordred' retells the legend of Morgan Le Fay, the half-sister of King Arthur who has power and magic, and is able to to change the course of history-to become 'other' and determine her own fate and that of Britain. Filling the often-overlooked gap between Arthur’s birth and ascension to the throne, Morgan emerges. Another Camelot tale from the author of I Am Mordred brings the character of Morgan le Fay center stage and unfolds a story that is both new and steeped in the traditions of Arthurian legends.

It is similar to The History of the Kings of Britain but with some modification to suit the author's agenda. by Nancy Springer RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2001. Though you can get some even older sources like History of the Britons or The Poems of Taliesin. One early mention of Arthur in a book was in The History of the Kings of Britain (original title : Historia Regum Britanniae) and in The Life of Merlin, Vita Merlini.

I Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer