Marooned on a sandbank, a boy faces certain death. With the sea closing in and the current about to drag him to a watery grave, his final wish is to see heaven. Waking in a strange bed, the boy meets an old man sitting by the fire with his dog. It is King Arthur, the great warrior of legend, and from his lips the boy hears of Camelot, chivalry, magic, evil and betrayal. I have heard versions of all these tales before, so what I liked best was Bercelet, the deerhound that was part of Merlin, out of all the characters because he was new to me, and who doesn’t love the idea of a faithful companion who will never leave you. Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. Home > Jankulak, Karen (2000). The Medieval Cult of St Petroc. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 0-85115-777-7 . Retrieved 6 January 2010.

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And I felt this was a tale about family, friendships, betrayal, lost love, revenge, forgiveness and faith. It had epic battles, magic, and loads of adventure! Michael's books have been translated into many languages including Chinese, Bulgarian and Hungarian, Hebrew and Japanese. He travels all over the UK and abroad talking to people of all ages at literary festivals, telling his stories and encouraging them to tell theirs. And well, it covers all of the bases with all of the main characters of course. Arthur is somewhat more human than I have seen before, and Merlin felt very sad and weary throughout the book which was also nice. Nothing strikes strength, courage, and valour into the heart like tales of Arthurian legend. Morpurgo does very well again to get that sense of magical mysticism into the story of the Knights of the Round Table. Will be enjoyed particularly by boys and girlswill a sense of adventure. Spence, John (2013). Reimagining History in Anglo-Norman Prose Chronicles. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1903153451 . Retrieved 11 March 2014.It appears to be a mixture of different versions of the legends. I am sure the author researched these a lot more than I have but some of the stories I have read in the past wouldn't fit into this chronology. There are a few significant details that I haven't read elsewhere included in this as well as some significant changes. The author definitely put his own signature onto these stories. Main article: Constantine (British saint) Saint Constantine's Church in Constantine, Cornwall, perhaps connected to the historical king of Dumnonia

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Please don’t hate me but I really love Mordred, such a good antagonist, he wasn’t just a character that came out of no where and was against Arthur, we got to see him grow up and all that stuff, and I think that’s why he’s such a likeable character, yes he did bad things but the way he was also treated/rejected by his father made him be that, and the pressure from his mother to take over the kingdom he never really had his place anywhere and that lead him to a bad path but an understandable path in my opinion. In the Dark Ages, Cumbria was known as Rheged. At its peak, the kingdom stretched from coast to coast and from southern Scotland to the Midlands. Taylor, Beverly; Brewer, Elisabeth (1983). The Return of King Arthur. Boydell & Brewer. p.303. ISBN 0859911365 . Retrieved 7 July 2014. Trachsler, Richard (2003). "A Question of Time: Romance and History". In Dover, Carol (ed.). A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail. D.S. Brewer. pp.23–32. ISBN 0859917835 . Retrieved 28 February 2014. Why isn't the illustrator Michael Foreman mentioned on the cover!?!? I was actually completely surprised by his pictures- and this is a great selling point too.A Middle Ages historian claimed Arthur was the High King of Britain, a descendant of the French Bretons' lineage. They arrived in Britain at the beginning of the 5th Century.

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Thompson, Raymond H.; Lacy, Norris J. (2013). "Games". In Lacy, Norris K. (ed.). The New Arthurian Encyclopedia. Routledge. p.590. ISBN 978-1136606335 . Retrieved 4 February 2013.Morpurgo added: “Storymakers and storytellers like Barrie, and like all the previous winners of this award, have given us the hope and faith children need, we need, to keep flying, have sustained us through dark and troubled times, have banished doubt. To touch the lives of children, to witness their listening and reading silence, is reward enough in itself. This is simply the icing on the cake.” An enchanting take on the legend of King Arthur from Britain’s best-loved children’s author, Michael Morpurgo.