Arthur the King: A RomanceA thrilling and highly original retelling of the Arthurian legend with a twist! |
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... sword, the hilt encrusted with jewels: rubies, amethysts, topaz. Uther Pendragon's will was known: whoever should drawthe sword from the stone was the rightful king. So all day long,knightafter knight had made the attempt. Knight after ...
... sword, the hilt encrusted with jewels: rubies, amethysts, topaz. Uther Pendragon's will was known: whoever should drawthe sword from the stone was the rightful king. So all day long,knightafter knight had made the attempt. Knight after ...
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... sword didnot move. He stepped back and frowned, then advanced a second time and resumed his grip. He tugged and heaved, and the sweat ran downhis swarthy cheeksand his temples throbbed.He uttered a loudcry and, placing his left hand ...
... sword didnot move. He stepped back and frowned, then advanced a second time and resumed his grip. He tugged and heaved, and the sweat ran downhis swarthy cheeksand his temples throbbed.He uttered a loudcry and, placing his left hand ...
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... sword, I know not,but that he did so by fraud, ofthat I am certain. You, boy,' he said to Arthur, 'come here.' But Arthur smiled anddid not move, looking calmlyon the enraged King of Orkney, who, furious at this defiance (as hethought ...
... sword, I know not,but that he did so by fraud, ofthat I am certain. You, boy,' he said to Arthur, 'come here.' But Arthur smiled anddid not move, looking calmlyon the enraged King of Orkney, who, furious at this defiance (as hethought ...
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... sword from the stone. He had served latterly inthehousehold of a knight who goes by different names, but who wasfirst the seneschal ofthat King Vortigern whorashly invited the Saxon kings Horsa andHengist tosettlein Kent (called, by ...
... sword from the stone. He had served latterly inthehousehold of a knight who goes by different names, but who wasfirst the seneschal ofthat King Vortigern whorashly invited the Saxon kings Horsa andHengist tosettlein Kent (called, by ...
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... sword and shield –he addressed them asfollows. 'Soldiers, weareall children of Rome.I myself am adescendant of the great Aeneas towhom,as thepoet tells us,theold gods promised empire without end. Those gods have departed;they live only ...
... sword and shield –he addressed them asfollows. 'Soldiers, weareall children of Rome.I myself am adescendant of the great Aeneas towhom,as thepoet tells us,theold gods promised empire without end. Those gods have departed;they live only ...
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