The Pendragon Cycle
At last, another Arthur book!
At last, another Arthur book!
From the faraway days of Britain come the stories rooted in ancient Celtic and Germanic imagination, stories of the strongest, the bravest and the best. Tales that have been told and endlessly retold, tales of a chivalrous knight, a powerful warrior and a just and intelligent leader. We have shaped his image to suit our …
Just south of Snowdon, in the grey-stoned village of Beddgelert set among the wild mountains of Wales, is the Grave of Gelert. Here, in a beautiful meadow below Cerrig Llan, is a large stone slab lying on its side which owes its fame to the legend of Prince Llewelyn ap Iorwerth and his faithful hound.
The wild boar, ferocious ancestor of the domesticated pig, is now only to be found in remote areas of Europe, but once he ruled the dark places in the great woodlands.
According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the father of Arthur is Uther Pendragon. Yet Malory says little about him, apart from the deceit that led to him sleeping with Ygraine and thereby fathering Arthur.