Pendragon: The Definitive Account of the Origins of ArthurThis book reveals the raw truth behind the colourful legends about Arthur and his Round Table, his battles, his court and his death. Blake and Lloyd prove that Arthur was once a real Dark Age warlord with an extensive family and a band of fearsome warriors at his command. His life story was politicised and mythologised by the very forces who sought to suppress him. But - as Blake and Lloyd reveal - traces of the real Arthur still survive. Pendragon takes us on an adventure back to the time and ancient landscape in which Arthur actually ruled. En route, the authors explode many accepted yet flawed theories and redefine the boundaries of Dark Age Britain. They reveal Arthur's true legacy and restore a national treasure to its rightful owners. Ultimately, they return a leader to the lands that still bear his mark and solve one of the greatest mysteries of the last 600 years by laying him to rest in his true grave. |
Contents
The Quest for Arthur | 5 |
The Birth of a Legend | 31 |
The Keepers of Tradition | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Pendragon: The Definitive Account of the Origins of Arthur Steve Blake,Scott Lloyd No preview available - 2006 |
Pendragon: The Definitive Account of the Origins of Arthur Steve Blake,Scott Lloyd No preview available - 2004 |
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A. O. H. Jarman Amlawdd Wledig Annales Cambriae Arthur's battles Arthur's court Arthur's warriors Arthurian legend Arthurian material Arthurian tradition associated with Arthur bards Bartrum Black Book Book of Carmarthen Book of Taliesin Britain British Britons Brut y Brenhinedd Caradog Celtic Celyddon Chapter Culhwch and Olwen Cynyr Dream of Rhonabwy earliest early Welsh edition evidence Excidio Gelliwig Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey's geographical Geraint Gildas Glastonbury Gododdin Gogynfeirdd grave Gruffydd Historia Brittonum Historia Regum Britanniae Huail Ibid identified Keys To Avalon king kingdom known later Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin Mabinogion Medrod Meirchion mentioned Merlin North Wales original Pa Gur place names poem poetry Rachel Bromwich reference to Arthur River romances Saxons South Wales stone story survived sword tale teulu Thomas Jones translation Triads Trioedd Ynys Prydein twelfth century University of Wales Uthyr Wales Press war-band Welsh Classical Dictionary Welsh sources Welsh tradition Y Gododdin