disliked this book for two reasons, One its set up like a childrens book with pictures with paragraphs by them which makes it bitty and hard to follow, Secondly the language is very loose, As there is a possibility that Arthur is based on a historical figure and as many of the legends are linked to real sites the book is a mix of history and fiction.
Which is which is not clearly stated, If the whole book was just about the stories in the legends the language would be fine but as it isnt the language needs to be clearer.
Nicely illustrated, but the emphasis is mostly on Arthur and Lancelot as opposed to the other knights, The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table lie tantalisingly outside recorded time, beyond the horizon of history, inhabiting a turbulent, twilight world
amidst the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Barbarians are at the gates, Britain in peril, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, was destined to be saviour of the nation in a series of mighty battles and to establish a wondrous kingdom bright with chivalry, goodness and perfect love, whose inhabitants were more symbol than substance, their adventures allegorical, their lives one long quest for eternal truth.
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