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With The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. Now a major television show. The tale begins in Dark Age Britain, a land where Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared, where a child-king sits unprotected on the throne, where religion vies with magic for the souls of the people. It is to this desperate land that Arthur returns, a man at once utterly human and truly heroic: a man of honor, loyalty, and amazing valor; a man who loves Guinevere more passionately than he should; a man whose life is at once tragic and triumphant. As Arthur fights to keep a flicker of civilization alive in a barbaric world, Bernard Cornwell makes a familiar tale into a legend all over again.
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The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur, Bernard Cornwell
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- Released
- 1997
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bernard Cornwell
- Publisher
- Griffin
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 433
- ISBN10
- 0312156960
- ISBN13
- 9780312156961
- Series
- The Warrior's Chronicle
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Military Fiction, Wars, Magic, Folklore & Mythology, Mythology, Gifts for grandpa, Middle Ages, England, Historical Mystery, Saxony, Arthurian Legends
- First published
- 1995
- Original title
- The Warlord Chronicles I - The Winter King
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- With The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. Now a major television show. The tale begins in Dark Age Britain, a land where Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared, where a child-king sits unprotected on the throne, where religion vies with magic for the souls of the people. It is to this desperate land that Arthur returns, a man at once utterly human and truly heroic: a man of honor, loyalty, and amazing valor; a man who loves Guinevere more passionately than he should; a man whose life is at once tragic and triumphant. As Arthur fights to keep a flicker of civilization alive in a barbaric world, Bernard Cornwell makes a familiar tale into a legend all over again.