Arthur the King: A RomanceA thrilling and highly original retelling of the Arthurian legend with a twist! |
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A stone stood beforethe chapel andfrom a cleft in the stone protruded a 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 ...
This, then, was the boy who drew thesword fromthe stone, though grownmen, gnarled knights andmighty kings had failed.With your keenintelligence, my Prince, an intelligence whichIam pleased to observe grows moresceptical bythe month, ...
So,my Lord King, youmust decide in your wisdomwho wasthe father of my son, for I swear to you, on the Holy Rood, that never otherwise, ... (All the evidence suggests he wasa manwho was easily puzzled, a man out of his depth, who had.
He wasthe sonofa centurion, bynameMacro, and a woman from that partofwhat is now the Scottish Borderland called theEttrick Forest. Some say the boy's true name was Myrrdin, which is cognatewith theFrench merde andmeans shitty.
... itwas Marcus who fatheredUther by the lady I have 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.
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ARTHUR THE KING
User Review - KirkusHistorical novelist Massie unrolls the familiar knightly yarns with some fresh, unusual twists.Offering a vaguely postmodern take not merely on Arthur himself but on the whole of British history, the ... Read full review