Once upon a time, a young boy called “Wart” was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation for a future he couldn’t possibly imagine. A future in which he would ally himself with the greatest knights, love a legendary queen and unite a country dedicated to chivalrous values. A future that would see him crowned and known for all time as Arthur, King of the Britons.
Once upon a time, a young boy called “Wart” was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation for a future he couldn’t possibly imagine. A future in which he would ally himself with the greatest knights, love a legendary queen and unite a country dedicated to chivalrous values. A future that would see him crowned and known for all time as Arthur, King of the Britons.
During Arthur’s reign, the kingdom of Camelot was founded to cast enlightenment on the Dark Ages, while the knights of the Round Table embarked on many a noble quest. But Merlyn foresaw the treachery that awaited his liege: the forbidden love between Queen Guenever and Lancelot, the wicked plots of Arthur’s half-sister Morgause and the hatred she fostered in Mordred that would bring an end to the king’s dreams for Britain—and to the king himself.
作者简介
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Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 - 17 January 1964) was an English author best known for his sequence of Arthurian novels, The Once and Future King, first published together in 1958. One of his most memorable stories is the first of that series, The Sword in the Stone, published as a stand-alone book in 1938.
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The sword in the stone......7
The queen of air and darkness.......211
The ill-made knight...........313
The candle in the wind...........515
The sword in the stone......7
The queen of air and darkness.......211
The ill-made knight...........313
The candle in the wind...........515
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"Well," said the Wart, "what about it?"
"The best thing for being sad," replied Mer... (查看原文)
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0 有用 红河谷的莲儿 2013-12-03 20:44:53
密苏里州立大学《骑士与少女》课程的阅读材料之一，亚瑟王传奇的现代改编版。对于亚瑟王时期的风貌把握得相当传神，尤其是骑士精神，宗教情怀，还有以强权求公理的无奈境地。亚瑟的教育经历类似于成长小说，但他毕竟是一位昙花一现的蛮族之王，所以体现不出教育对智性的影响。那个时期的整体风貌，仍然是“文教失宣，武臣用奇”。
0 有用 龟掌拨清波 2019-08-13 11:57:41
只读了The Sword in the Stone。