England had no king, and a mysterious sword waited, driven through an anvil set upon a stone. No one could draw it out, until the day a young squire named Arthur rode past the cathedral square.

By the chimney corner, a sweet-hearted girl dreams of the prince's ball. With her godmother's help, a pumpkin, six mice and a pair of glass slippers, one evening may change everything.

When young King Arthur's sword breaks in battle, Merlin leads him to an enchanted lake. There, from waters as still as a mirror, the mysterious Lady of the Lake offers him Excalibur, the most famous sword in all of legend.

From his mysterious birth to his great part in the making of Camelot, this is the story of Merlin, the greatest wizard of legend. He could see the whole of the future, yet all his wisdom could not free him from his own fate.

Arthur's half-sister, Merlin's student, keeper of the old magic. Morgana le Fay was both Camelot's ally and its enemy, and her story asks a difficult question: is anyone ever only good or only bad?

At a princess's christening, seven fairies bring wonderful gifts — but a forgotten fairy bears a grudge, and an old spindle, hidden at the top of a tower, will change the fate of the whole palace.