This brilliant reconception of the Arthurian epic cuts through the familiar myths and tells the story of the real King Arthur: Artos the Bear, the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights of Western civilization when the barbarian darkness descended in the fifth century. Artos here comes alive: bold and forceful in battle, warm and generous in friendship, tough in politics, shrewd in the strategy of war - and tender and tragically tormented in love. Out of the braiding of ancient legend, fresh research, soaring imagination and hypnotic narrative skill comes a novel that has richly earned its reputation as a classic.
| ISBN: | 9780857892430 |
| Publication date: | 1st December 2012 |
| Author: | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 490 pages |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction |