Work

The Black Cauldron

Lloyd Alexander · 1965novel

Genre
- epic fantasy
- fantasy
Theme
Place
- secondary world
Time
- timeless or unspecified
Tone
- adventurous
Audience
- middle grade

Also present

Placebritish isles
Tonehopeful

The Black Cauldron (1965) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the second of five volumes in The Chronicles of Prydain. The story continues the adventures of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, as he joins in a quest to capture the eponymous Magical Cauldron from Arawn Death-Lord. It was a Newbery Honor book in 1966, runner-up for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".

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Placement

The Prydain Chronicles / Taran — #2
contained in The Chronicles of Prydainomnibus
contained in The First Chronicles of Prydainomnibus
contained in The Prydain Chroniclesomnibus