Book description
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.
Rosemary Sutcliff wrote more than 40 historical novels for young
adults - including the classics The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver
Branch, The Lantern Bearers, The Sword and the Circle and Black Ships
Before Troy. She died in 1992.
