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Merlin Conspiracy Trick Or Treason (Paperback)

de Diana W Jones (Author)
4.3étoiles sur 5  Voir tous les commentaires (17 évaluations de client)
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Master fantasist Diana Wynne Jones, author of the Chrestomanci books, scores another winner in The Merlin Conspiracy. This absorbing tale of magic and courtly intrigue is told in two voices. In the world called Islands of the Blest, Roddy is a young page who has grown up travelling with her family in the King's Progress, a constant journey around the kingdom. Just after she and her younger friend Grundo spot a growing conspiracy to overthrow the King and change the balance of magic, they are whisked away to visit Roddy's grim and silent grandfather; when they return the Progress has moved on without them. Meanwhile in another world, Nick Mallory, 14, blunders into a dreamlike adventure that leads him to the powerful wizard Romanov and involves him in Roddy's mission to save the worlds from the upset planned by the conspiracy.

The story moves through several precariously linked worlds in vividly imagined episodes told alternately by Roddy and Nick, as their journeys begin to mesh. Part of the fun for the reader is sorting out Roddy's many wizardly relatives from the double perspective and clicking them into place in the plot. Wynne Jones's many fans will pounce on this complex but fast-moving fantasy that features not only 34 characters, but a panther, a goat, a dragon, and an extremely charming elephant. (Ages 10-14) --Patty Campbell, Amazon.com



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Britain's Diana Wynne Jones is probably one of the world's best-known writers of fantasy whose celebrated Chrestomanci series of novels delighted the magically-inclined long before Harry Potter. Her latest book is a deeply satisfying magical adventure that is part-fantasy, part-thriller and is sure to captivate readers who are looking for something with a little more bite than Harry Potter.
Roddy Hyde is a member of the King's Progress. She has spent her whole life traveling around the Isles of Blest, a magical world overseen by the Merlin, Blest's most important magical figure, participating in the various ceremonies and rituals that are part and parcel of life in a royal entourage. But when the old Merlin dies mysteriously and a new Merlin takes his place, something sinister begins to happen on Blest. The island's magic becomes tainted with evil and it's up to Roddy and her friend Grundo to help set things right again. Nick Mallory is meanwhile traipsing after his foster-father at an international mystery writers' conference in central London when he finds himself pulled into a different world, a world where he discovers that a price has been put on his life. Nick was the heir to the throne in yet another magical kingdom but had decided to give up his claims after the death of his parents. But now he finds himself in the midst of magical mayhem, mayhem that also involves Roddy, Grundo and the magic that is not only at the heart of Blest but magical worlds everywhere. The Merlin Conspiracy is a big, playful fantasy novel that will especially please fans of Diana Wynne Jones' earlier fiction but will certainly win new admirers who have plenty of her fine fictional worlds still to discover.
Jeffrey Canton (Books in Canada)
--Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 A cross world adventure in magic, Avril 7 2004
This review is from: The Merlin Conspiracy (Hardcover)
Roddy and Grundo live in Blest and are the children of court wizards who are in perpetual progress around the country with their king. They are also the only people to escape being caught in plot by some evil court wizards to gather all the magic in Blest to themselves.

Nick lives on earth with his step-dad, though his real home is in another universe entirely. Nick desperately wants to travel between the worlds but has been unable to summon the magic to do it himself till one day he finds himself suddenly somehow shoved into the dark paths between worlds where he must help 3 people to escape. One of those people who asks for his help is Roddy.

This is an enjoyable novel for both younger and older readers, that follows the adventures of Nick, Roddy and Grundo as they try and get the adults of their worlds to believe in the conspiracy that only they seem to know about. It's told from the point of view of both Nick and Roddy and the narrative is split between them and it holds you easily until the end of the book and leaves you wishing there was sequel where you could get to know more about these characters.

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2.0étoiles sur 5 The Merlin Conspiracy....sounds like a cool book, right?, Mars 8 2004
Par jwgreenknight (Deadwood, SD USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: The Merlin Conspiracy (Hardcover)
To start out with, it's not nearly as good of a book as it sounds like. I got the book thinking that it would be awesome, but, once again, I was wrong. The book is very hard to follow, switching through two different, yet very much alike, stories with little explanation of why until very late in the book. The story starts out kind of boring, then builds up, and just when it seems like it's going to get really cool, it drops back to boring. To put it bluntly, this book is nothing great.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 The Merlin Conspiracy, Mars 8 2004
This review is from: The Merlin Conspiracy (Hardcover)
I've read the majority of Diana Wynne Jones' books, and this would have to be one of my favourites. In my opinion it is in the middle range of what I see as her two writing styles, she has a lighter style (eg. Howl's moving castle, Castle in the Air, The Chrestomanci series)and a darker style (eg. The Crown of Dalemark Series, The Time of the Ghost) also in the middle I would put her similarly themed book Deep Secrets.

I thought the book was well thought out and although it was detailed the descriptive part didn't get in the way of the storyline. The characters were fairly interesting and you could enter into their feelings most of the time. The worlds were very well developed and interesting, I think if you lose interest in any part of the story it detracts from the experience.

The plot revolves around the threat to the position of Merlin in one world and the help that can be offered from another world in the form of a normal teenage boy. I'm not very good at revealing plots so I'll leave that up to the better reviewers. :)

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5.0étoiles sur 5 The Merlin Conspiracy
Do you believe in coincedences? Roddy, Grundo, and Nick (who is from a different world and is accidentally summoned by Roddy) don't. Read more
Publié le Déc 30 2003 par Kat,Kat

5.0étoiles sur 5 Another great book
I love Diana Wynne Jones' books. They are fun to read, she makes wonderful personalities, and they always makes you feel good, in one way or another. Read more
Publié le Nov. 27 2003 par sofia_booklover

4.0étoiles sur 5 Yet another English boy magician book!
It seems that a lot of authors have sprung on the "English boy who doesn't know he's got magic powers" bandwagon after the success of you-know-who (er, I don't mean Voldemort! Read more
Publié le Nov. 13 2003 par Delamaine

5.0étoiles sur 5 you don't want to miss this
This is Diana Wynne Jone's lastest book....The book is fast moving with funny characters, especially Mini the elephant. Read more
Publié le Oct. 28 2003 par readingturtle

4.0étoiles sur 5 Engaging characters, interesting magic
Diana Wynne Jones has been publishing wonderful fantasy novels for over 30 years. Most of her work has been aimed nominally at "young adults", but it most definitely appeals to... Read more
Publié le Oct. 17 2003 par Richard R. Horton

3.0étoiles sur 5 The Merlin Conspiracy
This book wasn't one of Diana Wynne Jones's best. It could have been much shorter, and didn't tie up some of the loose ends. Read more
Publié le Sep 29 2003

5.0étoiles sur 5 A Tale of Magids and Dragons
The Merlin Conspiracy is a fantasy novel about the Islands of Blest, an equivalent of the British Isles in another timeline. Read more
Publié le Aoû 16 2003 par Arthur W. Jordin

5.0étoiles sur 5 Yay! Another new DWJ!
As always, I highly recommend all of Diana Wynne Jones books. She's been around for some time. I wish all the Harry Potter fans would discover her books. Read more
Publié le Juil 24 2003 par MBG Bookworm

4.0étoiles sur 5 One of the best books from Jones in a long time
While not quite up to the level of her classic children's works - Archer's Goon or Witch Week - The Merlin Conspiracy is definitely one of the best, and most characteristic, books... Read more
Publié le Juil 19 2003 par Ivy

5.0étoiles sur 5 Spellbinding
This book has a complicated, but interesting plot. The narration switches between two main characters telling the story - Roddy Hyde and Nick Mallory. Read more
Publié le Jui 9 2003 par Cameron M

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