The Winter King (The Arthur Books #1)

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Paperback, 433 pages

English language

Published April 15, 1997 by St. Martin's Griffin.

ISBN:
978-0-312-15696-1
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4 stars (3 reviews)

Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. As he struggles to unite Britain and hold back the Saxon enemy, Arthur is embroiled in a doomed romance with beautiful Guinevere.

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This is not your average Arthur legend. I'd heard that but dismissed it. AFter all, in this day and age, what is the average Arthur legend? But this is really, really different. Arthur is a seriously flawed not-King, Merlin is ... not admirable, at least to me, and I still have to decide about Gwen. Lancelot is an arrogant ass. All in all, though, it's an amazingly good story and I'm looking forward to the next in the series.

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Subjects

  • King
  • Fiction - Historical
  • Fiction
  • Historical - Arthurian
  • Fiction / General
  • Historical - General
  • Arthur,
  • Fantasy fiction