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Worlds Of Arthur (2013)

by Guy Halsall(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

019965817X (ISBN13: 9780199658176)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Oxford University Press

review 1: A great book on Post Roman/Early Anglo-Saxon history. Its funny that the premise of the book is that Arthur was probably not a real person and that many have used his story to sell books over the years, while Guy Halsall is doing exactly that. This book isn't so much about Arthur, as about the early Anglo-Saxon period and occasionally about the lack of evidence of a historical Arthur. But the history is well presented and reasoned. A good read to learn about the period.
review 2: It's pretty dull unless, like me, you're doing research on the life and times of Arthur Pendragon for the purpose of writing alt history fantasy. Even then he pretends to know more than he admits is possible and is mostly in the cynics camp (believes there was no such person as Ki... moreng Arthur. Because the fourth book in my series has lots of Arthur content in it, I had to read this book or risk being called silly by English History scholars. less

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