A Wargamer's Guide to the Early Roman Empire
Book
The Roman army of the early empire is one of the most instantly recognizable armies and enjoys a...
Ferdy - Ovulation Calculator & Fertility Tracker
Health & Fitness and Medical
App
The SIMPLEST, the most ACCURATE and TRUSTED period tracker app for women. Conceive FAST with Ferdy! ...
Ferdy: Ovulation Calculator & Fertility Tracker
Health & Fitness and Medical
App
The SIMPLEST, the most ACCURATE and TRUSTED period tracker app for women. Conceive FAST with Ferdy! ...
ProtoThema HD
News and Magazines & Newspapers
App
Η ηλεκτρονική έκδοση της εφημερίδας Πρώτο Θέμα. The digital...
Reportér magazín
News and Magazines & Newspapers
App
Independent monthly magazine focusing on Czech and foreign reports, investigative journalism,...
Whole Life Times magazine: tune in for health, yoga and sustainable lifestyle
Health & Fitness and Magazines & Newspapers
App
WHOLE LIFE TIMES delivers progressive health, green living and evolving spirituality to...
ELLE DECORATION
Lifestyle and Magazines & Newspapers
App
ELLE DECORATION is the magazine deals with home decoration and fashionable and inspirational...
Forbes Asia
Business and Magazines & Newspapers
App
Forbes Asia is a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology,...
Motor Magazine
Lifestyle and Magazines & Newspapers
App
Sri Lanka's only motoring magazine Magazine Subscriptions are available for purchase inside this...
David McK (3496 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.