Merlin's Keep [Hardcover]

Madeleine Brent (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1St Edition edition (February 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385111029
• ISBN-13: 978-0385111027
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #699,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real adventure and romance!, October 13, 2006

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Pio (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Merlins Keep (Mass Market Paperback)

This story is great adventure and romance with a plucky heroine, the child of tragedy. She's grows up where she doesn't belong near Nepal or Tibet but a time comes when she and her cockney-speaking caretaker have no choice but to leave. They are pursued on their arduous journey through mountain passes. Jani, the heroine, helps them make good time since she is able to communicate with yaks, mules, etc. But Jani has a mysterious past which we gradually learn about as she does. There are mystics and monks and Shangri-la-type temples, future prophesies and evil in wait. Meanwhile Jani finally makes it alive to England but broke and alone. She soldiers on, stays positive and good despite daunting circumstances and finally gets a lucky break. And where's that manly, mysterious fellow she can't forget?

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We need more heros and heroines like this these days, October 11, 1999

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Lisa Buie-Collard "ecrivan" (Georgia, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Merlin's Keep (Hardcover)

Though written in 1977 its values are timeless and its historical value intriguing. I agree this should be a movie. As for the writing, at no time does the author intrude. Jani is a well written, strong and believable charactor which one instantly likes, then falls in love with. Very well written and entertaining to read. Madaleine Brent is a jewel to have shared this story with us, her readers.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars **** One of my very favorite books in the world!!!!!!!!!!!, August 14, 2007

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Deborah in VA "Deb" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Merlins Keep (Mass Market Paperback)

Before I discovered Madeleine Brent's books, my favorite author was Victoria Holt and I absolutely always said that I couldn't imagine another author ever topping her in my favorite's list but I have to admit that I was wrong, wrong, wrong!! And I am hardly ever wrong, just ask my husband!! Anyway, you can't go wrong with any of the Madeleine Brent books and my two favorites (and it is very, very, very difficult to pick a favorite)are Merlins Keep and The Golden Urchin, the Golden Urchin being my favorite book of all time!! How I wish Hollywood would wake up and make some movies based on these books by Madeleine Brent - I know they would become beloved classics!! Read all of the Madeleine Brent books and you won't find better prices than those on Amazon.com Happy reading!!!