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Osprey (2000), Paperback
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In the minds of most the name 'King Arthur' conjures up images of an armour-clad king surrounded by his loyal knights. It is more likely that the real King Arthur, if he truly existed, was a Romano-British warlord in the dark days that followed the collapse or Roman rule in Britain. This book looks at the realities behind the myth of king Arthur against the backdrop of invasion as a nation was forged on the bloody anvil of war.
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LibraryThing member wealhtheowwylfing
A really excellent resource about the time between the Roman's loss of power in England and the Germanic tribes' ascension.
LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
This slim book has not enough information, and not enough pictures. this is a big problem with Dark age material, and doubly so by the mythological nature of the titular king. But it nourishes the fantasy a little.
LibraryThing member AtomicSeaCreature
This book was originally written and published in 1984 - and there has been since quite a fair amount of advance in theory and archeology around the reality basis regarding the potential history of a real Arthur. However much more so than that seemingly primary point of the publication - It's
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really a pretty neat volume for historical, anthropological and archeological information on the region and period encompassing the diversity of culturally distinct peoples and political factions. Anyone looking for info on the basis of the Arthurian legend should probably check out more recent sources. As a concise and easy to read source for those aforementioned points however I found this book to be really pretty genuinely good, truly interesting and informative. Show Less
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52 p.; 10 inches
ISBN
1841761656 / 9781841761657