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bookshelves: britain-england, adventure, classic, amusing, fraudio, historical-fiction, medieval5c-16c, mythology, play-dramatisation, time-slip Read in September, 2009 ** spoiler alert ** Woman's Hour Drama: The Quest 24-08-2009 - 28-08-2009A surreal, humorous and moving allegorical retelling of...
I started reading this book almost 20 years ago, but made the mistake of reading T.H. White's The Once and Future King first. The difference in prose between a book written in the 1950s (White) and a book written in the 15th century (Malory) was so stark as to make this book nigh impenetrable. Needl...
These tales have a certain Monthy-Python'esque quality to them! The Knights that are the heroes of the stories are not necessarily the 'good, honourable' kind of guy knights were supposed to be during these times! And that makes it all the more funny to read!
The first time I read this I was a college student immersed in literature. I loved the language and imagery, truly felt transported to another time and place. With this second reading I see James Bond. Arthur roams the countryside, bedding/leaving damsels, fighting/killing whatever gets in his way, ...
Woman's Hour Drama: The Quest 24-08-2009 - 28-08-2009A surreal, humorous and moving allegorical retelling of Thomas Mallory's Morte d'Arthur, starring Mark Gatiss as Merlin and Julian Rhind-Tutt as Arthur. The blurb - In a 15th-century Britain that resembles the Favellas of Rio, Arthur is Merlin's p...
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