The Tale of Sir Gawain
by Neil Philip, illustrated by Charles Keeping
Hardback (No longer our product)
(September 1987)
ISBN: 9780718826703
6.18 x 9.45 inches
Price: $19.00
Out of stock
As Sir Gawain lies wounded and feverish outside Sir Lancelot’s castle, he tells of the deeds and adventures of the Knights of the Round Table. Atmospheric and dramatic, this is a rare account of the Arthurian legends in one consecutive story.
Sir Gawain, King Arthur’s nephew, lies feverish and wounded in his tent outside the French Castle of Sir Lancelot. The Round Table has collapsed into warring factions. Arthur and Gawain are besieging the man who used to be their closest friend, Lancelot. As his anxious brain circles around this terrible truth, Sir Gawain tells his young squire the story of the rise and fall of the ‘fairest fellowship of noble knights that ever served a Christian king’, as seen through his own eyes. He tells of Arthur’s boyhood, and what happened when the young king drew the magic sword from the stone and claimed his kingdom; of his own adventure with the supernatural Green Knight; of the search for the Holy Grail; and the rivalries and jealousies that splintered the fellowship and set friend against friend. It is rare to find the Arthurian legends retold in one consecutive story. Neil Philip, with the help of the atmospheric line drawings of Charles Keeping, has presented a thrilling tale that works towards a dramatic climax.
- By (author) Neil Philip
- Illustrated by Charles Keeping
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