Leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King
Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it back to its
Bronze Age origins.
The legend of King Arthur and Camelot is one of the most
enduring in Britain's history, spanning centuries and surviving
invasions by Angles, Vikings and Normans. In his latest book
Francis Pryor one of Britain s most celebrated archaeologists and
author of the acclaimed Britain B.C. and Seahenge traces the story
of Arthur back to its ancient origins. Putting forth the compelling
idea that most of the key elements of the Arthurian legends are
deeply rooted in Bronze and Iron Ages (the sword Excalibur, the
Lady of the Lake, the Sword in the Stone and so on), Pryor argues
that the legends' survival mirrors a flourishing, indigenous
culture that endured through the Roman occupation of Britain, and
the subsequent invasions of the so-called Dark Ages.
As in Britain B.C., Pryor roots his story in the very landscape,
from Arthur s Seat in Edinburgh, to South Cadbury Castle in
Somerset and Tintagel in Cornwall. He traces the story back to the
5th-century King Arthur and beyond, all the time testing his ideas
with archaeological evidence, and showing how the story was
manipulated through the ages for various historical and literary
purposes, by Geoffrey of Monmouth and Malory, among others.
Delving into history, literary sources ancient, medieval and
romantic and archaeological research, Francis Pryor creates an
original, lively and illuminating account of this most British of
legends."
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