The discovery of King Arthur / Geoffrey Ashe
2003, Revised Edition. Stroud : Sutton. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #397047
ISBN: 0750930365
Physical description: ix, 230 pages 9 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Previous edition originally published, New York: H. Holt, 1985. Contents: 1. The Kingmaker -- 2. The Unextinguished Light -- 3. Arthur's Context -- 4. The Old Welsh Trail -- 5. New Discoveries -- 6. The Wellsprings of Romance -- 7. Saints, Bards, Heroes -- 8. Majesty -- 9. The Modern Quest. Subjects: Arthur King; Britons Kings and rulers; Historiography Great Britain History To 1500; Arthurian romances ; Sources; Great Britain Antiquities, Celtic; Great Britain History To 1066; Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph 1100?-1154.
Price: €14.95