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The Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table - A New Morte D'Arthur (Hardcover)
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The Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table - A New Morte D'Arthur (Hardcover)
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The most famous and influential work of English fantasy ever
published, reimagined for a new generation of readers by John
Matthews, one of the world's leading Arthurian experts, and
illustrated by internationally acclaimed Tolkien artist, John Howe.
The tales of how the boy Arthur drew the Sword from the Stone, or
the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, or how the knights of the Round
Table rode out in search of the Holy Grail are known and loved the
world over. It all began when an obscure Celtic hero named Arthur
stepped on to the stage of history, sometime in the sixth century,
and oral tales led to a vast body of stories from which, 900 years
later, Thomas Malory wrote the famous Morte D'Arthur. THE GREAT
BOOK OF KING ARTHUR presents these well-loved stories for a modern
reader, for the first time collecting many tales of Arthur and his
knights either unknown to Malory or written in other languages.
Here, you will read of Avenable, the girl brought up as a boy who
becomes a famous knight. You will learn of Gawain's strange birth,
his upbringing amongst poor folk and his final rise to the highest
possible rank - Emperor of Rome. There is also the story of Morien
whose adventures are as fantastic and exciting as any to be found
in the pages of Malory. In addition, there are some of the earliest
tales of Arthur, deriving from the tradition of Celtic
storytelling. Here is the original Arthur, represented in such
powerful stories as 'The Adventures of Eagle-Boy', and 'The Coming
of Merlin', based on the early medieval text Vita Merlini, which
gives a completely new version of the great Enchanter's story.
These age-old stories, still as popular today as they were from the
Middle Ages onwards, are dramatically brought to life by the
luminous paintings and drawings of John Howe, whose work on the
Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies has brought him a
world-wide following.
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