Legends of King Arthur and His Knights, The

I was able to read this by myself so apparently I'm an 'advanced' reader. Take that, middle school accelerated reader tests! Anyhow, when I was younger I really liked this book. Exciting fights, quests to save princesses, rescuing villages from giants, etc. It was a lot of fun. Now that I'm older it s......more

Highly recommended for fans of Arthurian lore. Inspired by the 19th century popularity of Tennyson’s Idylls of the King (the introduction makes much of the author’s friendship with Tennyson), this retelling is based on Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. I grew up on the Malory edition edited by Pollard (wi......more

Don't be confused, one of the first significant books I read, as a grade-schooler, was an illustrated copy of "Le Morte d'Arthur" by Malory. I have been enchanted by the written Arthur stories ever since. I don't recall if the text was abridged or not, but there were engraved illustrations under oni......more

As much as i wanted to enjoy this book, i found it mostly to be very repetitive. The majority of the book seems to consist of good knight sees damsel in distress from bad knight, knights fight, good knight wins repeat ad infinitum. Only the improvement towards the end (quest for the Holy Grail onwar......more

I was amazed at how often everyone "smote" one another. I like the Arthur stories, but it can be a bit repetitive after a while. A lot of damsels wandering through the forest and then of course the "smiting".......more