The young King Arthur asks for and receives the noble sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake and promises to be deserving of it through acts of valor.
Contains nine stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table drawn from the writings of fifteenth century knight and adventurer Thomas Malory. Features normalized spelling and footnotes.
Contains essays in which the authors analyze the character of King Arthur as he appears in the writings of T. H. White, Sir Thomas Malory, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and others.
Provides information about the origin and perpetuation of the King Arthur myth, and presents 120 illustrations that depict the many themes engendered by the Arthurian legends.
Contains over twenty stories which present traditional and contemporary views of the adventures of the legendary King Arthur, his mentor Merlin, and his Knights of the Round Table.
