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The Wicked Day

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The Wicked Day
First UK edition
AuthorMary Stewart
LanguageEnglish
SeriesArthurian Saga
GenreFantasy
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
Publication date
1983
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback)
Pages350
ISBN0-340-32237-3
OCLC36085838
823/.914 21
LC ClassPR6069.T46 W5 1996
Preceded byThe Last Enchantment 
Followed byThe Prince and the Pilgrim 

The Wicked Day is the fourth novel in Mary Stewart's treatment of Arthurian legend.[1] It was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1983. It is preceded in the pentalogy by The Last Enchantment (1979), and succeeded by The Prince and the Pilgrim (1995).

Overview

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The protagonists of the 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.

The novel covers the time after Merlin's self-imposed exile and stretches to the deaths of Mordred and Arthur.

References

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  1. ^ Thames, Nell (23 October 1983). "'Wicked Day' continues Arthurian saga". The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi). p. 86.