Mary Stewart

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-09-21

Mary Stewart (1916-2014) was a British novelist best known for blending romantic suspense with historical and fantastical settings. After a long career writing bestselling contemporary romantic-suspense novels, she turned in her fifties to the Arthurian legend, retelling it from the point of view of Merlin across four novels published between 1970 and 1983, widely credited with helping popularize first-person, psychologically grounded retellings of the Arthurian story.

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Books

• The Crystal Cave (1970) · The Merlin Trilogy Core Canon
• The Hollow Hills (1973) · The Merlin Trilogy Core Canon
• The Last Enchantment (1979) · The Merlin Trilogy Core Canon
• The Wicked Day (1983) · The Merlin Trilogy Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 4 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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