Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table
Written by Andrew Lang
Narrated by Cathy Dobson
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
The Tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are of Celtic origin. It is believed that King Arthur lived in the sixth century, just after the Romans withdrew from Britain. Minstrels and storytellers travelled through the land in the centuries after this, telling tales of chivalry and heroism, and the legends of King Arthur grew up across Britain and parts of Europe.
Andrew Lang's collection of Arthurian legends is one of the most complete and comprehensive ever written and is more accessible than most. He has drawn extensively on the "Historia Britonum", which was used by Geoffrey of Monmouth, as well as Thomas Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" and a number of stories of the Holy Grail which are of French origin.
- "The Drawing of the Sword"
- "The Sword Excalibur"
- "How the Round Table Began"
- "The Story of Sir Balin"
- "What Beaumains Asked of the King"
- "How Morgan Le Fay Tried to Kill King Arthur"
- "The Passing of Merlin"
- "How the King Went on a Pilgrimage"
- "The Coming of the Holy Grail"
- "The Adventure of Sir Galahad"
- "How Sir Lancelot Saw a Vision"
- "The Adventure of Sir Percivale"
- "An Adventure of Sir Lancelot"
- "An Adventure of Sir Gawaine"
- "The Adventure of Sir Bors"
- "An Adventure of Sir Galahad"
- "Sir Lancelot Meets Sir Galahad"
- "How Sir Galahad Found the Grail"
- "The Fight for the Queen"
- "The Fair Maid of Astolat"
- "Lancelot and Guinevere"
- "The End of it All"
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang (March, 31, 1844 – July 20, 1912) was a Scottish writer and literary critic who is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang’s academic interests extended beyond the literary and he was a noted contributor to the fields of anthropology, folklore, psychical research, history, and classic scholarship, as well as the inspiration for the University of St. Andrew’s Andrew Lang Lectures. A prolific author, Lang published more than 100 works during his career, including twelve fairy books, in which he compiled folk and fairy tales from around the world. Lang’s Lilac Fairy and Red Fairy books are credited with influencing J. R. R. Tolkien, who commented on the importance of fairy stories in the modern world in his 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture “On Fairy-Stories.”
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Reviews for Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book is written in a very interesting way. When the characters talk they speak in the Old English that they would have in their time. Some of what they say is difficult to understand especially to the layman. It is a very short account of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. All in all it was an interesting read. Very entertaining.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book is written in a very interesting way. When the characters talk they speak in the Old English that they would have in their time. Some of what they say is difficult to understand especially to the layman. It is a very short account of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. All in all it was an interesting read. Very entertaining.