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But first,a word concerning this Geoffrey. There are some – fools – who regard his work withthe reverence properly due to great historians such as Livy or even Julius Caesar himself. But I should draw your attention tothe judgement ...
Well, then, this is the story of Merlin as Geoffrey tells it, and of how he rose to prominence. It happened in the daysof King Vortigern, a Roman citizen belonging toanold British royalfamily, who had raised a rebellion against the ...
He called on a wise councillor, a certain Maugantius, concerning whom Geoffrey knew no more than his name, who spoke as follows. 'In thebooks written by our sages and in many histories,' he said, 'Ihave readof such mysterious births.
Some, ignorantly, term Merlin a mere magician, a practitioner of the most vulgar forms of the occult arts; and indeed, it is in this guise that the ridiculous Geoffrey displays him. Others, more imaginatively, state that he was a Druid, ...
... spoken of,andthat thisAurelius, who was certainly anotable general, was the halfbrother of Uther,being the son ofthat citizen of York andnot thereforeof royal or imperial blood. Andwhy Geoffrey should have pretended otherwiseIcannot ...
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| Title | Arthur the King: A Romance Volume 2 of Dark Ages |
| Author | Allan Massie |
| Publisher | Orion, 2011 |
| ISBN | 178022270X, 9781780222707 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology Fiction / General Fiction / Historical / General |
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