Retold out of the old romances, this collection of Arthurian tales endeavors to make each adventure--"The Quest for the Round Table", "The First Quest of Sir Lancelot", "How the Holy Grail Came to Camelot", and so forth--part of a fixed pattern that effectively presents the whole story, as it does in Le Morte D'Arthur, but in a way less intimidating to young readers. (All Ages)
Roger Lancelyn Green (1918-1987) was a biographer of children's writers and a reteller of myths, legends and fairy tales. He was a member of the Oxford literary group the Inklings, along with J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.
Target age: 10 to 13
Everyman's Library
Pub Date: November 3, 1992
1.09" H x 8.45" L x 6.29" W
400 pages
Hardcover (clothbound)