The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
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In 1968, Donald Crowhurst was trying to market a nautical navigation device he had developed, and...
The Good Pub Guide 2009: Over 5,000 of the UK's Top Pubs for Food, Drink and Atmosphere
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Now in its 27th year, "The Good Pub Guide" once again brings you the very best pubs in Britain. The...
World Soccer Agent
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Play this mobile football manager tycoon game and get billionaire, recruit players and hire them to...
Throne of Jade
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When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo-- an unhatched dragon's egg-- Capt....
David McK (3610 KP) rated Excalibur (The Arthurian Chronicles, #1) in Books
Oct 26, 2024 (Updated Oct 26, 2024)
There's no proof he ever existed, with the 'original' (for want of a better word) imagining of him being all Medieval style, Knights on horses, shining armour, lances etc (think the film 'Excalibur').
More recently, that's shifted to post-Roman Dark Ages, in the period between the Romans leaving Britain and the Saxon invasion.
Which is very much the time period in which this novel is set, (re)imagining Arthur to belong to this period (and all that entails), and with Merlin as a Druid rather than a Wizard.
This also 'brings in' several notable characters from the Arthur story alongside both Arthur and Merlin - Guinevere, Kai, Igrainne and Uther all make appearances here - but there is one notable absence (Lancelot) who, I presume, will appear in later books.
Well worth a read.
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Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical
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