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The Wicked Day

1983 novel by Mary Stewart

The Wicked Day is the fourth novel in Mary Stewart's treatment of Arthurian legend.[1] It was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1983. It is preceded in the pentalogy by The Last Enchantment (1979), and succeeded by The Prince and the Pilgrim (1995).

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The protagonists of the story are Mordred and his father the king, Arthur. Lost as a youth, Mordred is raised by fisherfolk until he is returned to his birth mother Morgause. The novel portrays Mordred as a pawn of fate unlike many tales which paint him as the villain of the Arthurian saga.

The novel covers the time after Merlin's self-imposed exile and stretches to the deaths of Mordred and Arthur.

References

  1. [1]
    Thames, Nell (23 October 1983). "'Wicked Day' continues Arthurian saga". The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi). p. 86.


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