I Am Mordred
core novel 1998 A Tale from Camelot
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.69 (2,434 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780399121432 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
King Arthur fathers a child with his half-sister Morgause, and the babies born on the same May day are set adrift to drown. Only Mordred survives. A fisherman and his wife adopt him, and when he is about six the sorceress Nyneve takes him to his birth mother. Raised in isolation, Mordred learns that he is both Arthur's son and his nephew, and that Arthur once tried to have him killed. He would rather not become the brave, skilled warrior a prince is expected to be, and he resists the role. The story presents him as a tragic figure struggling against a fate laid down before his birth.
Where it sits
- Universe: A Tale from Camelot
- Series: A Tale from Camelot core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Nancy Springer
Awards (verified)
- Carolyn W. Field Award, 1999: won
Notes
- From the series record (A Tale from Camelot): Two Arthurian retellings, one told by Mordred and one by Morgan le Fay.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series A Tale from Camelot: position 1 of 2: next I Am Morgan le Fay (2001)
Sources
- Publishers Weekly, I Am Morgan le Fay
- Kirkus Reviews, I Am Mordred
- Wikipedia
- Wikipedia: Nancy Springer
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