The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur
Retells the first part of "The Tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney"--one of the most exciting and entertaining of the stories about King Arthur and his knights--which first appeared in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur. The noble Gareth vanquishes the dreaded Knight of the Red Plain and wins the...
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Retells the first part of "The Tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney"--one of the most exciting and entertaining of the stories about King Arthur and his knights--which first appeared in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur. The noble Gareth vanquishes the dreaded Knight of the Red Plain and wins the hand of a fair maiden in this classic for children.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780823410637 (0823410633)
Publish date: December 1st 1993
Publisher: Holiday House
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
3 stars for artworkI did not really like this one. Artwork was fine, as is any from Trina Schart Hyman, and given the source material I should not have been expecting much, but I quite despise this story - the whole story of Gareth of Orkney. It is not made any better even here and while she edits o...
I didn't love this and I'm having a hard time accepting that fact! This is from the magnificent team of Margaret Hodges and Trina Schart Hyman who produced the award winning Saint George and the Dragon. Saint George was such a triumph because it was a faithful adaptation of a medieval story presen...
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