| Title | The warlord chronicles
Excalibur - a novel of Arthur |
|---|---|
| Author | Bernard Cornwell |
| Publication | Penguin |
| Size | 479p |
| Language | ENG |
| ISBN | 9780241955697 |
| Topics |
English fiction--Historical English fiction--War stories English fiction--Biographical Arthur (Artus, British King, ca. 500) |
| Notes | A trilogy depicting Cornwell's historical re-creation of Arthurian Britain. The series posits that Post-Roman Britain was a difficult time for the native Britons, being threatened by invasion from the Anglo-Saxons in the East and raids from the Irish in the West. At the same time, they suffered internal power struggles between their petty kingdoms and friction between the old Druidic religion and newly arrived Christianity. we follow Arthur and Derfel to the battle of Mount Badon and incredible victory. It not only throws the Saxons back, but reunites Arthur and Guinevere. He might hope now to be left alone, to have a time of peace after gaining a great victory, but new enemies arise to destroy all he has achieved. [wikipedia] |