The Arthurian legend as it has never been told before . . . The myth of King Arthur has been told countless ways since the sixth century, always combining action, adventure, romance, and tragedy. In Arthur Rex, Thomas Berger updates the legend in...
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The Arthurian legend as it has never been told before . . . The myth of King Arthur has been told countless ways since the sixth century, always combining action, adventure, romance, and tragedy. In Arthur Rex, Thomas Berger updates the legend in irreverent fashion, forever changing King Arthur and his Round Table. In Berger's medieval England, the damsel in distress is never what she appears to be. Merlin is a wizard of a completely different stripe. Classic heroes and villains are vividly reimagined, breathing fresh life into a familiar story. Powerful, emotional, and at times laugh-out-lou
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; The Rubrics of the Content of the Books; Introduction; I. Of Uther Pendragon and the fair Ygraine; and how Arthur was born.; II. How Uther Pendragon died; and how Arthur took the sword from the stone; and of the challenge to King Arthur by the Irish Ryons.; III. How King Arthur had converse with a lady, and who she was.; IV. How King Arthur took a wife and acquired the Round Table.; V. Of Sir Gawaine and King Pellinore; and how Merlin was assotted with the Lady of the Lake.; VI. How Sir Tristram fought with the Morholt; and how he met La Belle Isold.
VII. Of Sir Launcelot and Elaine the maid of Astolat and how the wicked Sir Meliagrant abducted the queen.; VIII. How Sir Launcelot rescued Guinevere; and of their criminal friendship.; IX. Of Sir Gawaine''s temptations at Liberty Castle; and how he kept his appointment with the Green Knight.; X. How the vile Mordred made common cause with his wicked aunt Morgan la Fey; and of his good brother Gareth.; XI. How Gareth fought four felonious knights each of another color; and how he fell in love.
XII. How Sir Accolon, who was assotted with Morgan la Fey, made an attempt on King Arthur''s life.XIII. Of Sir Tristram and La Belle Isold; and how King Mark discovered their love.; XIV. How Sir Gawaine fought with King Pellinore; and then how he saved King Arthur''s life; and how he found a bride.; XV. How Sir Tristram was married to Isold of the White Hands; and of what happened then.; XVI. How Sir Launcelot was cured of his illness by Elaine the daughter of the maimed king Pelles; and how Galahad was conceived.; XVII. Of Percival and his sheltered upbringing
and how he became a knight.XVIII. How Mordred came to Camelot and was knighted by his father the king.; XIX. How Sir Launcelot and the queen were discovered in their illegal love; and how Sir Gawaine''s brothers went to arrest Guinevere; and how Gawaine swore vengeance against his friend Launcelot.; XX. How Sir Percival and Galahad came to Camelot in King Arthur''s absence and met Mordred; and of the colloquy between the king and the queen; and how those two great knights Sir Launcelot and Sir Gawaine fought together until one of them fell and gave up the ghost.
XXI. How Mordred stabbed King Arthur from behind and how the battle began.; XXII. How Sir Galahad joined the battle and whom he fought; and how Sir Percival fell; and how King Arthur fought Sir Mordred; and how the king returned Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake and then was borne away by three ladies in a barge.; XXIII. Of the opinion of some men as to the whereabouts of King Arthur.; XXIV. Of the ladies who carried King Arthur away, and who survived him; and of the moral of this story.; A Biography of Thomas Berger; Copyright
