Different Look at King Author
A Different Look At King Arthur By: Will Clayton It is very ironic that so much information has been written about the great King Arthur when there is no proof that he ever truly existed. ... Several early sources say that a warrior-king named Arthur who lived, fought, and died in the years following the withdrawal of Roman troops from Britain. ... The popular conception is of a King Arthur, with his lovely queen and noble knights, the Round Table, Excalibur, the Holy Grail, and all the other trappings. ... King Arthur is the figure at the heart of the Arthurian legends. ... Little is known about the identity of the author of Morte d’ Arthur, but this is appropriate when one considers that a large part of the task of writing Morte d’ Arthur involved gathering bits of information about another figure whose identity is still a mystery: King Arthur. In Morte d’ Arthur, the author focuses on a magical side of Arthurs tale. He speaks of Merlin, Excalibur, and divine intervention to better accentuate the greatness of King Arthur.