Excalibur: The Search for ArthurAn exploration of the Arthurian legends - of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, the Sword in the Stone, the Quest for the Grail, and Merlin - from pre-Celtic times to the present. The legends have an extraordinary power and persistence which can be seen from the many different genres in which they appear - poetry, music, literature, art, film. |
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| Title | Excalibur: The Search for Arthur |
| Author | Gwyn A. Williams |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | BBC Books, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 13, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0563370203, 9780563370208 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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