The Black Cauldron

Book Details

71.4% complete

Author(s):

Lloyd Alexander

First Pub:

1965

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Young Adult

First Read:

2020

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 20

1 - The Council of Caer Dallbin

2 - The Naming of the Tasks

3 - Adaon

4 - In the Shadow of Dark Gate

5 - The Huntsmen of Annuvin

6 - Gwystyl

7 - Kaw

8 - The Stone in the Shoe

9 - The Brooch

10 - The Marshes of Morva

11 - The Cottage

12 - Little Dallbin

13 - The Plan

14 - The Price

15 - The Black Crochan

16 - The River

17 - The Choice

18 - The Loss

19 - The War Lord

20 - The Final Price

Internal ID:

2802

Series:

The Book of Three
The Castle of Llyr

The Chronicles of Prydain*

#2 of 5

The Chronicles of Prydain*

A series of fantasy novels for younger readers by Lloyd Alexander.

View this series in the book list

1) The Book of Three
2) The Black Cauldron
3) The Castle of Llyr
4) Taran Wanderer
5) The High King

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

Autumn had come too swiftly.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Taran galloped toward them.

Comments:

No comments on file

Extract not on file

Added: 25-Mar-2020

Last Updated: 16-Oct-2024

01-May-2006

Henry Holt & Company

Trade Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-May-2006

Format:

Trade Paperback

Cover Price:

$5.99

Pages*:

180

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 8 Jun 2020 - 18 Jul 2020

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2208

Publisher:

Henry Holt & Company

ISBN:

0-805-08049-X

ISBN-13:

978-0-805-08049-0

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Evaline Ness - Map
David Wyatt - Cover Artist

More than 3 million copies of
The Chronicles of Prydain in print!

In the land of Prydain, evil is never far away. Arawn, Lord of the Land of Death, has been building an army of dark warriors to take over Prydain, and the only way to stop him is to destroy the Black Cauldron he uses to create his dreaded soldiers.

Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, and his loyal companions must journey deep into Arawn's domain to destroy the Black Cauldron. For each of them, the quest has special meaning. For Taran, it is a glorious opportunity to use his first sword in battle. But war requires a sacrifice greater than he'd ever imagined....

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First published in hardcover in 1965 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Reissued in 1999 by Henry Holt and Company
First Henry Holt paperback edition, 2006
Second printing based on the the number line.
Canada: $7.99

Other book covers for this series run

01-May-2006
Henry Holt & Company
Trade Paperback

Author(s)

Lloyd Alexander
Birth: 30 Jan 1924 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 17 May 2007

Awards

1966

ALA

Newbery Medal

Nominee

I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.

Search