ISBN:
9780752476858
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (539 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version The King Arthur Conspiracy : How a Scottish Prince Became a Mythical Hero
DDC:
942.014
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Arthur led the Britons to the brink of victory but was cut down by treachery and betrayal. Arthurian legends have since been corrupted, leading to popular but false assumptions about the king and the belief that his grave could never be found. Drawing on a vast range of sources and new translations of early British and Gaelic poetry, Arthur explodes these myths and exposes the shocking truth. In this, the first full biography of Arthur, Simon Andrew Stirling provides a range of proofs that Arthur mac Aedain was the original King Arthur; he identifies the original Camelot, the site of Arthur's
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Prologue; One Birth of a Dragon; 1 Dragon of the Island; 2 The Sea-Kingdom; 3 Prince of the Forth; 4 The Beltane Fires; 5 Bear-Guardian; 6 Son of the Mother; 7 Dove of the Church; Two Duke of Battles; 8 Little-Shout; 9 Merlin Went Mad; 10 Stone of Destiny; 11 Camelot; 12 The Round Table; 13 Mordred; 14 The Last Battle; Three Twilight of the Gods; 15 The Maimed King; 16 Navel of the Sea; 17 Treasures of Britain; 18 The Journey of Arthur; 19 House of the Spirits; 20 The Lights Go Out
Description / Table of Contents:
21 End of the RoadAppendix - The Grail Today; Selected Bibliography; Copyright;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
