Pendragon Cycle Essay

The “Pendragon Cycle” series by Stephen R. Lawhead is a retelling of the Arthur and Merlin legend and reimagines things so that Merlin's mother comes from Atlantis. The novels take place in both the fifth and sixth centuries, and bases these stories on different historical texts and mythological ones. (like History of the Kings of Britain, Mabinogion, and some works by Geoffrey of Monmouth, plus some other ones too) The series has gotten acclaim for how creative it was in telling the Arthur legend and being historically credible.

Originally, Stephen R. Lawhead only planned on doing three novels for this series, but due to certain story lines and plots that were still left on the table, he felt he could get two more novels out of the series.
Lawhead shifts narrators in “Arthur”, and “Grail”, although “Grail” only has Morgian narrate a little at the beginning of most of the chapters.

The novels in the series do not just go from beginning to middle to end. Instead, some of the books take place at different times and there will some overlap. Like some of the events “Arthur” and “Pendragon” happen before and after each other. For example, “Pendragon” book one comes before books one and two of “Arthur”. Next comes the second, third, and fourth books of “Pendragon”. Then it is “Grail”, and so on.

“Pendragon” by Stephen R. Lawhead is the fourth book in the “Pendragon Cycle” which was released in 1994. Throughout the Isle of the Mighty, treachery is running wild at the beginning of Arthur's reign as king. There are different evils descending upon the British shores wearing different disguises. Certain alliances are on the brink of being ruined, threatening all that has been built. Merlin, or as he will come to be called is to go on an epic journey throughout his past. Arthur must stand alone against a great and powerful enemy, while a plague and pestilence attacks everyone that it