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Country United Kingdom Series Arthurian legend Publication date 1983 Page count 350 | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language English Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Originally published 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Wicked Day is a 1983 fantasy novel by Mary Stewart. The fourth in a quintet of novels covering the Arthurian legend, it is preceded by The Last Enchantment and succeeded by The Prince and the Pilgrim.
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Plot introduction
The protagonists of this 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.
Plot summary
The novel covers the time after Merlin's self-imposed exile and stretches to the deaths of Mordred and Arthur.
References
The Wicked Day Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA