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Loading... King Of The Middle March (Arthur Trilogy) (original 2002; edition 2006)by Kevin Crossley-Holland
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The third in a trilogy telling of the life of a 12th Century boy who can "see" something of the life and heroism of King Arthur. The language tends to be a bit simplistic, even for a young person but the story is interesting and does a very nice job of packing information about the period and some moral lessons in with enough adventure to keep a child engaged. Sixteen-year-old Arthur leaves the Middle March to go on a crusade. He makes new friends, gets to know his real father better but does not really learn to like him but never makes it to Jerusalem. The obsidian is still part of his life and he continues to follow King Arthur's and his knights' lives in it. OK but did not engross me. no reviews | add a review
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Arthur de Caldicot, on his way to becoming a man, witnesses the horrors of the Fourth Crusade in Venice and Zara, as well as the downfall of King Arthur's court, in his seeing stone. No library descriptions found. |
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The terrible things he has observed and been unable, mostly, to prevent and even the very real fighting he has had to do himself, mostly against his fellow crusaders has changed the protagonist greatly. The previous books were not very easy going, but this book, since it is set in the middle of a war is by far the most difficult and contains the most terrible and barbaric events.
The protagonist's metaphor of himself as the apple containing the knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden is really striking.
Michael Maloney's reading is excellent. ( )