King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green

The story is told by an outsider, but he is in favor of Arthur and his knights.

The story is written in a chronological order. The story is happening in Britain, Ireland, Spain and France. It describes the whole life of King Arthur.

Merlin, the wizard, he appears suddenly, sometimes when someone is in need, sometimes for no reason, he knows a lot about secrets of other people.He’s very old and wise, when Arthur was a baby, he let him grow up in another family. Mordred jr., He is the son of Morgan and Mordred, he is one of the knights of the Round table, and Arthur trusts him, but in secret he helps his mother, when Merlin warns Arthur, Artrhur won’t believe him. Morgan le Fay, she is an evil witch, she is the wife of Mordred, the king of England between Uther and Arthur, she stills plots to bring about Arthurs downfall. They give him work in the kitchen, but one day, when a girl calls for help, because her sister is kidnapped, Gareth is the only one who will help her, she is not very satisfied with him, and treats him bad, when he saves her sister, he falls in love with her, evantually they marry, and he has won his spurs. Gareth, One day he appears in Camelot, everybody makes fun of him, because he has weird clothes, and an ugly horse, and he is still a boy. He, together with sir Lancelot and sir Percival goes on the quest for the holy grail, he is the only one who can see him, but after he took him he died. Sir Galahad, he is the best knight of the world, he is still very young, and it looks like he is never tired. Sir Lancelot, one of Arthurs best knights, and he is also in love with Lady Gwnevere, he is very popular by the ladies, he learns that sir Galahad, the best knight of the world, is his own son, because, when he was on one of his adventures, he fell in love with the maid of Astolat, after she had poisoned him. Lady Gwenevere, Arthur’s beautiful wife, who is actually in love with sir Lancelot, she was given as a “present” from her father, after Arthur had helped him. From another king, he got the round table, and soon he has many knights. When the sword breaks, Arthur is very sad, and Merlin leads him to the forest, where the lady of the lake, reveals the sword Excalibur to him. King Arthur, he’s the person about wich the book is written, he’s the son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine, when he was a baby, Merlin took him to another family who would raise him, he didn’t knew he was the son of the king until he drew the sword from the stone when he needed a sword for a tounament, he saw a sword stuck in the stone, he didn’t read the text on the stone, and drew the sword from the stone, without any effort, when he was in the crowd, people cried that he would be the new king of Britain. I read the third editition from1993 of uitgeverij Dolphin in London. KING ARTHUR, the knights of the round table.

King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green