The Wicked Day

The Wicked Day

First UK edition
Author Mary Stewart
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Arthurian legend
Genre Fantasy novel
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date
1983
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 350
ISBN 0-340-32237-3
OCLC 36085838
823/.914 21
LC Class PR6069.T46 W5 1996
Preceded by The Last Enchantment
Followed by The Prince and the Pilgrim

The Wicked Day is a 1983 fantasy novel by Mary Stewart. The fourth in a quintet of novels covering the Arthurian legend, it is preceded by The Last Enchantment and succeeded by The Prince and the Pilgrim.

Plot introduction

The protagonists of this story are, Mordred and his father the king, Arthur. Lost as a youth, Mordred is raised by fisherfolk until he is returned to his birth mother Morgause. The novel portrays Mordred as a pawn of fate unlike many tales which paint him as the villain of the Arthurian saga.

Plot summary

The novel covers the time after Merlin's self-imposed exile and stretches to the deaths of Mordred and Arthur.


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