Firelord
by Parke Godwin
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Author: Parke GodwinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1980-10
ISBN: 038517070X
Number of pages: 396
Publisher: Doubleday
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Book Review: Delightfully Down-to-Earth Arthur
Summary: 4 Stars
After far too many retellings, overtellings, and revisionist reworkings, King Arthur was in desperate need of this book. Godwin does away with almost all the mystic trappings of the legend, and creates a historically inspired Arthur and Camelot, using the real Britain of the post-Roman era as the setting. Most of the elements of the legend - from Lancelot's affair with Guinevere to the Holy Grail - are in here, but in forms that leave off the excessive romance and the excessive piety. At the heart of it is Arthur, a man above men but still a human. His narration is full of wit and of regal bearing. Here's an Arthur who could lead men but who is someone we'd want as a friend. The best elements of the old legends are in him, with only a touch of the modern "feet of clay" that too many writers insist on giving him.
This is probably the best retelling of Arthur since Tennyson, and is a must-read for Arthurians, for English history buffs, and for those who love a good yarn.
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