King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

About the book

This edited presentation of Arthurian stories follows the world of Merlin, Arthur, and the knights associated with the Round Table. Individual adventures bring courage, loyalty, love, and spiritual aspiration into situations where an outward victory may not resolve the deeper test. Lancelot's prowess and the quest for the Holy Grail reveal different standards by which a knight's achievement can be measured. The stories gather around the hope of a noble fellowship while also exposing the private attachments and divided obligations that make such a community fragile. Holland's edition offers an arranged route through the inherited material rather than an unmediated medieval text. Its linked episodes invite readers to follow both the excitement of a particular quest and the changing condition of the court from which that quest begins.

• Chivalry
• Divided loyalty
• Spiritual aspiration

Why read it

For a connected introduction to Arthurian adventures that makes individual tests part of the larger story of a vulnerable fellowship.

Arthurian stories edited by Rupert S. Holland