The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312156961)

With The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. Now a major television show.

The tale begins in Dark Age Britain, a land where Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared, where a child-king sits unprotected on the throne, where religion vies with magic for the souls of the people. It is to this desperate land that Arthur returns, a man at once utterly human and truly heroic: a man of honor, loyalty, and amazing valor; a man who loves Guinevere more passionately than he should; a man whose life is at once tragic and triumphant.

As Arthur fights to keep a flicker of civilization alive in a barbaric world, Bernard Cornwell makes a familiar tale into a legend all over again.

Author: Bernard Cornwell
ISBN-10: 0312156960
ISBN-13: 9780312156961
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
Published: 04/15/1997
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/21/1997