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THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS - With Original Illustrations. A BOOK THAT INSPIRED TOLKIEN. Professor J.R.R. Tolkien greatly enjoyed Arthurian stories, which he called powerful. In fact, it was he who translated Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (a 14th-century romance about one of Arthurs knights) into modern English. So profoundly did the legends of King Arthur move Tolkien that a few years before he wrote The Hobbit he began to compose a poem in alliterative verse, entitled "The Fall of Arthur". Literary researchers have found several parallels between the Arthurian legends and The Lord of the Rings. It was 1903 when Howard Pyle's beautifully illustrated "The Story of King Arthur and his Knights" was first published. J.R.R. Tolkien was an eleven year old boy. With what relish must he have seized upon this new version of the great legend, complete with captivating illustrations And how eagerly must that young mind have soaked up the heroic visions that would later help shape Middle-earth and "The Lord of the Rings".

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights - a Book That Inspired Tolkien

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Stephen R. Lawhead

No dings or tears anywhere. Any creases or stains are barely noticeable. Selling because I have a duplicate of this one.

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Book Five of the Pendragon Cycle

The legend of King Arthur has been told many times—but never with the strength and resonance, passion and richness granted it in Stephen R. Lawhead's masterful Pendragon Cycle Drought, plague, and war have left the Isle of the Mighty battered and its heart, the beloved Arthur, grievously injured—until a secret relic is brought before the dying KIng; a Holy Grail that heals his wounds and restores his vigor. But soon evil enters the royal court in the guise of a beautiful maiden; a soulless, malevolent force capable of seducing the King's loyal champion, confounding the sage whom some call Merlin, and carrying the sacred Grail—and Arthur's adored Queen—off into the dark unknown. And now Arthur faces the greatest challenge of his sovererignty: a quest of recovery that must lead the noble liege through realms of magic and the undead, on a trail that winds inexorably toward a grim confrontation with his most foul nemesis . . . and his destiny. Drought, plague and war have left the Isle of Mighty battered and its heart, the beloved Arthur, grievously injured. But, astonishingly, the High King lives—his wounds healed and vigor restored by a sacred and secret relic: the Holy Grail.At Ynys Avallach, a dying Arthur was miraculously renewed. And now, in this time of rampant disease and death, the great king wants to share the Grail's curative powers with all who require it. A shrine will be built to house the holy treasure—and Arthur's fabled Kingdom of Summer will at long last come to be.But evil has entered the royal court in the guise of a beautiful maiden. Unbeknownst to Arthur, to his devoted warriors, to his adored Gwenhwyvar. . .even to the bard Myrddrin, the sage Emrys whom some have called "Merlin," malevolent forces, soulless and cunning, seduce the King's most loyal champion. And in an unthinkable unguarded moment, the Grail is carried off, vanishing somewhere into the dark unknown.Now Arthur faces the greatest challenge of his sovereig.

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