Sword at Sunset

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Sword at Sunset
Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary
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Time Period: Early Medieval
Time Frame: 400
Geographic Area: Europe
Country: Great Britain
Topics: Arthurian Legends
Genre: Fiction, Mythology
Reading Age: Young Adult, Adult
Format: Novel
Published: 1963


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This brilliant reconception of the Arthurian epic cuts through the familiar myths and tells the story of the real King Arthur: Artos the Bear, the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights of Western civilization when the barbarian darkness descended in the fifth century. Artos here comes alive: bold and forceful in battle, warm and generous in friendship, tough in politics, shrewd in the strategy of war—and tender and tragically tormented in love. Out of the interweaving of ancient legend, fresh research, soaring imagination, and hypnotic narrative skill comes a novel that has richly earned its reputation as a classic.

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