The men meet her at her estate, as well as her protector-companion, King Rhun of Mona, and a giant named Glew, who had been shrunk to human size after drinking a magic potion. Taran intends to propose to her as soon as he can. Taran travels with Gurgi to Caer Dallben, having learned that Princess Eilonwy is back from the Isle of Mona. The novel begins almost immediately after the end of the previous book, Taran Wanderer. The High King was considered a powerful ending to the series, especially for its depiction of the hero’s sacrifice and plot resonances with the devastation World War II inflicted on Europe. The book covers the land of Prydain’s final standoff against Arawn and the attempt to install a virtuous High King. The fifth and final installment of the series The Chronicles of Prydain, it borrows from Welsh mythology, following the coming-of-age of Taran as he faces off against a devious autocrat Arawn Death-Lord. The High King is a 1968 epic fantasy novel for young adults by American author Lloyd Alexander.
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