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The Legend Of King Arthur And His Knights (1901)

by James Knowles(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1627930337 (ISBN13: 9781627930338)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Start Publishing LLC

review 1: I had a love/hate relationship with this book.First, let me say that I listened to this as an unabridged audiobook. The narration was terrific and the performance was very good. But the story had issues.I understand that this was a classic book, with language from another time. But the wording was painful. Nearly every battle sounded alike. In fact, if the word "smote" was removed, you'd lose a significant percentage of the book! The battles were frequently similar and seemed to add little to the story. The characters (while supposedly chivalrous) killed for silly things. Clemency was granted, only if that pretty woman over there said they could live. The story definitely represented a different culture.So, what did I like? I'm a sucker for King Arthur and his co... moreurt. I really did enjoy learning of the relationships with Lancelot, Gallahad, Arthur, and others. I learned the fate of Merlin and heard the legendary account of the Sangreal (Holy Grail).Overall, the legends are wonderful. The prose used to convey them, could have been much better constructed and worded. Had the story not been about King Arthur and his knights, I wouldn't have finished it.
review 2: I had a love/hate relationship with this book.First, let me say that I listened to this as an unabridged audiobook. The narration was terrific and the performance was very good. But the story had issues.I understand that this was a classic book, with language from another time. But the wording was painful. Nearly every battle sounded alike. In fact, if the word "smote" was removed, you'd lose a significant percentage of the book! The battles were frequently similar and seemed to add little to the story. The characters (while supposedly chivalrous) killed for silly things. Clemency was granted, only if that pretty woman over there said they could live. The story definitely represented a different culture.So, what did I like? I'm a sucker for King Arthur and his court. I really did enjoy learning of the relationships with Lancelot, Gallahad, Arthur, and others. I learned the fate of Merlin and heard the legendary account of the Sangreal (Holy Grail).Overall, the legends are wonderful. The prose used to convey them, could have been much better constructed and worded. Had the story not been about King Arthur and his knights, I wouldn't have finished it. less

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RadicalRuthie1995

Interesting. This is the first non-modern King Arthur story I have read. It is a bit boring and repetitive, and the female characters barely exist beyond the barest sketch, and seem to be defined by either their virtue of their petty evil. The male characters are likewise two dimensional, either noble Knights, honorable foes who become noble once defeated, or violent monsters, but a lot more time is focused on them.The most interesting thing is the story about how Arthur conquered the Roman Empire. I had never even heard the barest hint of this story before. Other interesting bits are the prevalence of magic and wizards and the bits about Christianity supposedly came to the British isles.All in all, I'd say it is worth a read if you are a King Arthur fan.

yosie

I read this on a free version on my e-reader, which probably wasn't the best idea. Boring for most of it and it had consistent spelling mistakes -- Modred for Morded and Morgan for Morgana -- that bothered me to no end. Along with that was how a damsel always needed saving and some battle always was happening. Too repetitive for my liking. I don't know if it was just this book, but I plan on trying another sometime soon.

alphabetadelta

2.5 stars

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