Taliesin
- 512
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Taliesin” opens “The Pendragon Cycle” with an ambitious blend of Atlantis legend and Roman-era Britain. Stephen R. Lawhead follows Charis, a princess who escapes the ruin of her homeland, and the druid prince Taliesin, whose love story leads toward Merlin and Arthur. Some readers who enjoy the first half find that a late Christian turn sits uneasily with the story; others are simply swept up by this retelling of where the Merlin legend begins.
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About the book
It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the captured Isle of Britain. While across a vast sea, bloody war shattered a peace that had flourished for two thousand years in the doomed kingdom of Atlantis. *Taliesin* is the remarkable adventure of Charis, the Atlantean princess who escaped the terrible devastation of her homeland, and of the fabled seer and druid prince Taliesin, singer at the dawn of the age. It is the story of an incomparable love that joined two worlds amid the fires of chaos, and spawned the miracles of Merlin...and Arthur the king.
Reading order · The Pendragon Cycle
Full order & progress →- TaliesinThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - MerlinMerlin–Not ranked yet
- ArthurArthur–Not ranked yet
- PendragonPendragon–Not ranked yet
- GrailGrail–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.8 across 67 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 6.8 | 67 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Taliesin?
It has 512 pages — shorter than 57% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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