King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
A retelling of the story of the boy fated to be the "true-born King of Britain," covering his glorious reign and his tragic, yet triumphant, passing.
A retelling of the story of the boy fated to be the "true-born King of Britain," covering his glorious reign and his tragic, yet triumphant, passing.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780679423119 (0679423117)
Publish date: 1993-11-02
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Mythology,
Arthurian
As far as a collection of tales about King Arthur, I think this one was a very good one for young readers. The stories are fairly simple and engaging. As a person who doesn't really like violence, the stories were not that interesting to me personally. I thought most of the knights were very silly a...
An easily accessible version of Le Morte d'Arthur (which the author openly admits was his main source).Also includes a few of the French Romances and Mabinogion stories.He's put them into a chronological order, and all the tales you'd expect are there.
A knight leaves King Arthur's court, meets another knight, gets insulted very quickly over nothing and chops off the other knight's head. Rinse, repeat. It wasn't until book 3 that things became more interesting and had more of a lively storyline to it. Cheers to the author for collecting all the ol...
The story is a workmanlike adaptation for children, but the illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie are really rather fine, hence the 4-star rating.
This book has remained 41% complete on my currently reading shelf since July 25, 2009, so clearly it's a did-not-finish. I would love to read about the escapades of Arthur and his knights, but this adaptation did not present them interestingly.
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