The Making of King Arthur

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Poet Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the great national hero he is usually considered to be. He's a fickle and transitory character who was appropriated by the Normans to j...

2013
Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through medieval literature.(R)
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