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The Chronicles of Prydain is a pentalogy of children's high fantasy Bildungsroman novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company.The series includes: The Book of Three (1964), The Black Cauldron (1965), The Castle of Llyr (1966), Taran Wanderer (1967), and The High King (1968).
The Book of Three (1964) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the first of five volumes in The Chronicles of Prydain.The series follows the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper, a youth raised by Dallben the enchanter, as he nears manhood while helping to resist the forces of Arawn Death-Lord.
It was not distributed as a home video release for more than a decade after its theatrical run after its poor performance. [32] Adding insult to injury, the film was also outgrossed by The Care Bears Movie ($22.9 million domestically), which was released four months earlier by the much-smaller Canadian animation studio Nelvana and Back to the ...
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While Alexander's experience in World War Two informs the Prydain series as a whole, some specific instances inspired events in The High King. One notable case is Alexander's involvement in Alsace-Lorraine under Alexander Patch directly inspiring an episode where Taran and the companions nearly freeze to death near Annuvin and fight in the snow. [3]
The Black Cauldron: Walt Disney Productions optioned Lloyd Alexander's five-volume book series in 1971, acquired the rights to Alexander's novels The Chronicles of Prydain, and began development of the movie in 1973. The release date was delayed several times.
Taran is a fictional character from Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain series of novels. Serving as the series's central protagonist, he is first introduced as the assistant pig-keeper at Caer Dallben charged with the care of Hen Wen, the oracular white pig.
The Black Cauldron, a 1965 novel by Lloyd Alexander, the second novel in his sequence of books The Chronicles of Prydain; The Black Cauldron, the Disney animated film based on The Chronicles of Prydain book series; The Black Cauldron, the video game based on the film