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Original Title:	The Seeing Stone
ISBN:	0752844296 (ISBN13: 9780752844299)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.kevincrossley-holland.com/fiction.html
Series:	Arthur Trilogy #1
Literary Awards:	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2005), Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2001)

The Seeing Stone (Arthur Trilogy #1)

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Paperback | Pages: 338 pages

Rating: 3.66 | 4761 Users | 308 Reviews

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Title	:	The Seeing Stone (Arthur Trilogy #1)
Author	:	Kevin Crossley-Holland
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	13th reprint
Pages	:	Pages: 338 pages
Published	:	2004 by Orion Children's Books (first published 2000)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Mythology. Arthurian. Fiction

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The year is 1199, the place the Welsh Marches. Young Arthur de Caldicot practises his tilting and archery, learns to be a dutiful page to his father, and waits impatiently to grow up and become a knight. One day his father's friend Merlin gives him a shining black stone. When Arthur starts to see stories in the stone, his life quickly becomes entwined with that of his namesake, the boy who pulls the sword from the stone.

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Ratings: 3.66 From 4761 Users | 308 Reviews

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I stalled partway through reading this, at first, because I really couldn't see where it was going and how the threads of story were going to get pulled together. I still can't quite see that, now I've finished it, but I'm now at the point of very much wanting to find out where Kevin Crossley-Holland is going with this.It's very easy to read, with short chapters and a way of painting the world of the narrative vividly without dwelling too much on details. The cold and dirt and discomfort are

An engrossing tale - part myth, part social history - meticulously researched and engagingly written, 'Arthur: The Seeing Stone' is perfect escapism for anyone interested in medieval life and the Arthurian legend. I've been wanting to read this trilogy for a while and it doesn't disappoint.

I think this book started VERY boring but it got better as I read on. It's not my favourite book in the world but it's not my least favourite either. I like how Kevin tied the visions into the story with similar events until at the end... I won't say because you might want to read the book!

Loved the concept, hated the style. Probably the most interesting bits to me were the details of English medieval life - the guisers on Hallowe'en, the manor court, the Christmas celebration, the remedies for illness and injury. Arthur himself was not particularly engaging, and the parallel stories ought to have appealed to me but didn't. As Arthuriana it falls far short, and as a YA story about a medieval boy it moves too slowly. Not inclined to pick up the rest of the trilogy.

I don't know how someone could make me dislike something I LOVE (King Arthur stories)but this author did just that. If you are interested in learning about medieval life, then you might enjoy it because it's mostly about the one family's daily life. It was a bit too much gruesome detail for me. Merlin was the most interesting character, but he only makes an appearance here and there in the first part. It may get better and we may get get more of the Arthur legend in parts 2 and 3, but I'm not

I personally like books set in the past, so when I saw the cover and read the blurb at the back, I knew this book would be interesting and full of unexpected things going to happen along the way.When I read the first 30 chapters, I didn't know where this was going. First there was the bullfight, then about three jumpers who broke into the manor, then a seeing stone. I don't know how all these related with each other.Throughout the book, I realized that the book was written in a journal format,

I love Arthurian books and will read most any one that I come in contact with out of curiosity if nothing more. This one sounded interesting so I picked it up at the library and took it home. Very quickly I was pretty horrified by what I found. This book to me read like it was geared to younger readers, the kids who read all the Harry Potter books before they were ten, or the Percy Jackson books or fans of the show Merlin, (which is a great show by the way, if you don't know what it is do