The time is ripe for a warrior-king who will unite this wounded realm -- and a young centurion courageously answers the call. name is Artorius Pendragon -- and it is his destiny conquer with indomitable iron. A man flawed, filth and painfully mortal -- a clear-eyed leader with a strong distaste for war's necessary cruelties -- he will know a glory unparalleled in historical annals...an ultimately, will lose his heart and his kingdom to greatest betrayal of all.

    

    In this book Victor Canning writes a new take on the legend of king Arthur. The books centre around a single charcter, Arturo, who is the son of a Roman women and an ancient Briton. Arturo is, naturally, the hero of the books and he unites, against all the odds, the English to a common purpose (it may sound cliched but it in no way is it written in a cliched manner).

    The aim of this edition is to make a version of the tales which can be read by a contemporary reader purely for pleasure with no sense of duty or effort. The editor also writes plays, poetry and has written "Greece and its Myths, "Portrait of North Wales", "Portrait of South Wales" and "Myths of Britain".