# The Hollow Hills

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- Book: [The Hollow Hills](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-stewart/the-hollow-hills) ([The Hollow Hills.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-stewart/the-hollow-hills.md))
- Authors: [Mary Stewart](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-stewart)
- Publisher: hodder_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-14-4473-750-9
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2016-11-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Born on Christmas Eve, Arthur Pendragon is the illegitimate son of the married duchess Ygraine and Uther Pendragon, brother of a great king: a union Merlin arranged. But Arthur's birth is not welcomed by everyone: his father demands he be hidden until a legitimate son can be born, and Merlin is forced to give the babe to his own childhood nurse for safekeeping and go into hiding. In a dream, Merlin learns of a sword of unparalleled beauty and extraordinary craftsmanship, hidden in a long-deserted Roman temple. Merlin retrieves the sword and hides it in a cave on an island in the centre of a lake, where it remains for years. But what is hidden must be revealed. For it is foretold that the irrepressible young man named Arthur will find a sword and claim his birthright: as heir to Uther Pendragon and king of the Britons.