The Wicked Day

"It was coming now, surely, the future he had dreaded, and yet longed for, with the strange, restless and sometimes violent feelings of rebellion he had had against the life to which he had been born, and to which he had believed himself sentenced till death, like all his parents’ kin." Well, once ag......more

The spellbinding fourth in Mary Stewart's excellent Arthurian series-The Wicked Day keeps up the momentum-and there is not a spot where you will not be engaged. Takes up the story of King Arthur's bastard son by his half sister Morgause and his eventual doom. Unlike the usual portrayal of Mordred, in......more

Arrrghhh, this book! Okay, on the good side: Stewart knew the Arthurian material well and handled it with confidence, often bringing in small details in ways which were a delight to spot (but which didn’t particularly harm the narrative if you didn’t spot them). And it’s an interesting take on Mordr......more

The Wicked Day explores the story of Mordred—prophesized to bring doom to Arthur. Mordred in this version is certainly an ambitious young man but not a ‘villain’ or evil as (Stewart herself notes) other accounts may have made him out to be, but instead perhaps a victim of circumstances. Mordred is s......more

I don’t want to spoil the ending of this book - even though if you’re familiar with Arthurian Lore you may already know it - so all I’ll say is this: “Fucking Gawain”......more