The series was originally written in five volumes, each narrated by a different character. The series was re-published in 2005 as Morgan le Fay. It was originally published as five books between 19, followed by an omnibus edition in 1992. It tells the story of the life of Arthurian legend character Morgan le Fay, presented through an oral history narrative from her early childhood to her disappearance. And a very pleasant read.Wise Woman's Telling, White Nun's Telling, Black Smith's Telling, Taliesin's Telling, Herselfĭaughter of Tintagel (retitled Morgan le Fay) is a series of historical fantasy novels by British writer Fay Sampson.

This allowed us to see another side of Morgan, one that ultimately leads to its own destruction and takes Morgan down a far darker path.Ī tale of love and loss, of war and grief, of power and betrayal. An interesting addition to this tale was the integration of True Thomas, Thomas the Rhymer, as Morgan's companion. Springer acknowledges that human nature is far too complicated for that and her characters are very much shaped by their experiences and emotions. It is Morgan's character flaws that make the story so readable, there is no black and white, good and evil. Morgan is a great protagonist, with the reader deeply involved in her life from the start, although she is inevitably a bitter and confused young woman. I am Morgan le Fay is a short book, with simple but effective storytelling that was surprisingly satisfying. All the while, her power, and the power of Avalon grows, and ultimately leads to the choice Morgan must make.

Morgan's hatred for the King, (and his magical advisor Merlin) and his treatment of her mother, and the creation of their offspring, the boy who would be king, Arthur. Morgan's whole world is uprooted, and she and her sister Morgause are cared for by their nurse, while their mother Igraine is taken away and married to the High King, Uther Pendragon. Morgan herself is a feisty young girl, her father's 'firebrand', and it understandably confused when her mother is bedded by a man resembling her father, at the same time of his death.

This is the second of Springer's Arthurian tales, following but not necessarily linked to her first novel, I am Mordred. But this story is most certainly Morgan's, eschewing many events of the traditional tale in favour of following Morgan from childhood to her eventual rise as a woman of great power. Quite faithful to the famous legend in places, all the familar faces are present, Morgause, Merlin, Uther, Igraine and Arthur himself. When they killed my father, I was only little Morgan. That is what my name means: Morgan the fate, Morgan the magical, fey Morgan of the otherworld, Morgan who must be feared. I hover on the wind, and fate falls out of each slow beat of my wings. 'I am Morgan le Fay, and I will never die.

I am morgan le fay by nancy springer