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Loading... Here Lies Arthur (original 2008; edition 2008)by Philip Reeve
Work InformationHere Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve (2008)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. An absolutely outstanding take on the Arthurian legend. Arthur's a bandit chief, Merlin's a sleight-of-hand magician with a touch of the con artist, and the narrator is a teenage girl whose village is pillaged by Arthur's bandits. It's a study on the origins of a society's founding myths, written for young adults but very much readable by older readers. ( ) This is an interesting addition to the body of Arthur stories. For one thing it's told by a girl. For another it has the knowing air of the "the myth's not real, this is how the myth came about". It's an interesting angle. Written as Young adult, this is not the most complex book, and a lot of the emotion is superficial. But it's not as bad as I feared it might be. no reviews | add a review
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When her village is attacked and burned, Gwyna seeks protection from the bard Myrddin, who uses Gwyna in his plan to transform young Arthur into the heroic King Arthur. No library descriptions found.
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