Merlin and Wales

Who was Merlin? Did he even exist? Michael Dames shows us the many aspects of this elusive and mercurial figure - seer and enchanter, sage and madman, poet and god. With illustrations of the art and artefacts that relate to the Merlin legend as well as evocative photographs of the mythic sites, this book guides us through the versions of the story of Merlin and his sister/lover - from the mysterious boy on Dinas Emrys, who arouses the embattled red and white dragons in their hidden pool, to the metaphor of the retreat to the holy island of Bardsey, off the coast of Wales.