Taran Wanderer
core novel 1967 The Chronicles of Prydain
Record
| First published | 1967 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.14 (44,133 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 222 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780805080513 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Taran Wanderer picks up about a year after The Castle of Llyr, with Taran setting out to learn the truth of his own parentage, hoping to discover that he is of noble birth so that he might be considered a worthy match for Princess Eilonwy. His search takes him across Prydain to visit communities of craftsmen, farmers, and wandering folk far removed from the court intrigues and battles of the earlier books, while, in a separate thread, the sorcerer Morda menaces the underground realms of the Fair Folk. Through the people he meets and the work he learns to do with his own hands, Taran is pushed to reconsider what really defines a person's worth, apart from the answer to the question he set out to find.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chronicles of Prydain
- Series: The Chronicles of Prydain core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lloyd Alexander
Notes
- From the series record (The Chronicles of Prydain): First-edition publisher Holt, Rinehart and Winston (New York) for all 5 novels.
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 The Chronicles of Prydain: position 4 of 5: previous The Castle of Llyr (1966) · next The High King (1968)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Prydain
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taran_Wanderer
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