A vivid retelling of Arthurian legend, from the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Storyland and Saints.
Description - It is said that a monument now stands before the high church of Caerleon: an
anvil pierced through with a sword. It is said that the sword can only be taken
by the Britons' rightful king...
From Sunday Times bestseller Amy Jeffs', Arthur: A New Life mines the deep, elusive
seams of a story we think we all know: the legend of King Arthur.
But here he is anew: a larger-than-life warlord, a hero raised by fairies, a leader of the
wild hunt, a monster-slayer, lying wounded under the ash cloud, longing to rise again.
Tracing an epic story from Merlin's conception and the building of the Round Table to the
abduction of Guinevere and King Arthur's ambitious quest for Empire, this Arthur is as real
as any other, brought back to life from the earliest sources.
Drawing out the dark and beautiful stories from the original medieval and early modern
texts, Amy guides the reader from citadels through forests, into volcanoes, caves and
riverbanks and beyond, even as far as Hell and the Otherworld. Going further than merely
the stories, she provides incisive commentary about each tale, emphasising the legends'
crafted nature and their symbiotic relationship with the political cultures of contemporary
medieval Europe.
Thirty original linocut illustrations map the inky Arthurian myth-scape, darkened by time, familiar as a dream.
A vivid retelling of Arthurian legend, from the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Storyland and Saints.
Description - It is said that a monument now stands before the high church of Caerleon: an
anvil pierced through with a sword. It is said that the sword can only be taken
by the Britons' rightful king...
From Sunday Times bestseller Amy Jeffs', Arthur: A New Life mines the deep, elusive
seams of a story we think we all know: the legend of King Arthur.
But here he is anew: a larger-than-life warlord, a hero raised by fairies, a leader of the
wild hunt, a monster-slayer, lying wounded under the ash cloud, longing to rise again.
Tracing an epic story from Merlin's conception and the building of the Round Table to the
abduction of Guinevere and King Arthur's ambitious quest for Empire, this Arthur is as real
as any other, brought back to life from the earliest sources.
Drawing out the dark and beautiful stories from the original medieval and early modern
texts, Amy guides the reader from citadels through forests, into volcanoes, caves and
riverbanks and beyond, even as far as Hell and the Otherworld. Going further than merely
the stories, she provides incisive commentary about each tale, emphasising the legends'
crafted nature and their symbiotic relationship with the political cultures of contemporary
medieval Europe.
Thirty original linocut illustrations map the inky Arthurian myth-scape, darkened by time, familiar as a dream.
