Shadow of the King - Helen Hollick

I've just finished reading this book, the last of a Helen Hollick's Pendragon's Banner trilogy on King Arthur. "What?" I hear you ask. "Another set of novels about King Arthur?" Yes, it's true. For some reason, the Arthurian legend continues to generate more and more novels as the years go and back, some good, some bad, some fantastic, some indifferent. In recent years, Stephen Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle has proved very popular, despite the confusing ...
...write more, so went backwards and added two more volumes which make very sense). The very best ever Arthurian book in my opinion is Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon. Forget the would-be sequels to this book and concentrate on the original masterpiece. You won't regret it. Most recently, Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles turns King Arthur into the sort of character he most probably was if he ever actually existed--a warrior king determined ...

justinneville 08.06.2001 · Read full review
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