CD Charts
Welcome to The CD Charts, here you will find all the latest and top selling Books cds available to buy online. You can search and locate the best selling Books cd's and have them delivered to the door. We have a large selection of Books all with reviews.
Back to Home Page > Go back a page
Books : King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
See Larger Image |
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) by: Roger Lancelyn Green List Price: £10.99 CD-Charts Price: £7.70 You Save: £3.29 (30%)Prices subject to change. |
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9781857159103 ISBN: 1857159101 Label: Everyman's Library Manufacturer: Everyman's Library Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: October 21, 1993 Publisher: Everyman's Library Studio: Everyman's Library Sales Rank: 60043 Related Items:
Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
 Rating: - Authoritative, delightful, gripping � unmissableKing Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table is a detailed, authoritative _and_ exciting account of the Arthurian epic from beginning to end. Roger Lancelyn Green brought all his scholarship to bear in getting the details just right from the source texts, and, as much as possible, preserving even the original phraseology, including the memorable "'Where,' he said 'is the governor of this gang?'" in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This is not simply a translation, though. Unlike the Greek and Norse myths which were consciously reworked over many hundreds of years into a form of coherence, the Arthurian cycle is complex, diverse, and frequently self-contradictory. Many of the writers themselves misunderstood their source material. Read More: |
|