I’m not even done reading it… and it’s already better than… so much that’s come out since.

I did read it when I was a kid but memory has been wiped since, and I probably wasn’t old enough to fully appreciate it back then.

I’ve always been an admirer of the Arthurian Romances. I’ve read most of the “big” ones with a few exceptions.

Bernard Cornwell wrote one called The Warlord Trilogy and it’s very good, if a bit rough to get into in the first book, it’s extremely historically studied and the names and words and places are insanely hard to place and picture sometimes.

I’ve seen all of the major King Arthur films… my favorite one being the made for TV mini series starring Sam Neil and Martin Short… which I think is heavily based on Mary Stewart’s rendition of the saga.

I’m reading her trilogy and am blown away at how easily it hooks you in.

How easily it paints the perfect pictures for you mind without prose bloat.

It has perfect flow and pacing.

I think modern fantasy authors specifically should take a look at this trilogy and learn from it.

It’s restrained in all the right places, and glorious in all the right places.

I’ve never read any of Stewart’s other books but I’m sure, based on her incredible accomplishment with the Arthur saga, they’re incredible too.

Class and elegance…

A fantasy story that feels… well… magical instead of fully charged..