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Paperback book is in new, never been read condition.
No dust jacket. Inside of book pages are crisp and clean. Pictorial cover.
No signs of wear or damage. Very very minor shelf wear on edges of paperback
cover. ISBN 0753817810. 2004 edition. Publisher-Phoenix. 304 pages long.
Approx: 7 by 5 by 1. Additional pictures of condition are always available.
BOOK DESCRIPTION FROM DUST JACKET:
In this second volume of his historical trilogy (after
The Evening of the World, set in the dying days of the Roman Empire), Massie
presents a cheerily erudite deconstruction and retelling of the Arthurian
legend. The linear events of the narrative are familiar: as a young boy,
Arthur is schooled by Merlin, then claims the throne of England by pulling
the sword Excalibur from its stone. Once crowned king, Arthur is portrayed
as a strategist and statesman whose marriage to the Saxon maiden Guinevere
is one of convenience; his true love is his half-sister, Morgan le Fay, and
he has a fondness for pretty youths (as does Merlin). Similarly, the
machinations of the Knights of the Round Table are seen as a series of
political maneuvers, particularly when the knights jockey for position as
the quest for the Grail begins.
It is the aftermath of the Roman occupation of Britain. Kings are now
jockeying for position, for title, for land and for power. A young boy
confounds the most famous knights of the realm when he pulls a jewelled
sword from a cleft in a stone and claims the throne left vacant by the death
of Uther Pendragon. In this new vision of the Arthurian story, Camelot is
set on the River Tweed and Merlin who disapproves of his knights' yearning
for battle and their quest for the Holy Grail. With great humour and energy,
Massie has created a bold and original new tale from the stuff of legend.
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