King Arthur - Hardcover

Goodrich, Norma Lorre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0531097013 ISBN 13: 9780531097014

Publisher: Franklin Watts, 1986

Synopsis

Uses detailed research to determine the factual basis for the legend of King Arthur and relates what is known about King Arthur, Guinivere, Sir Lancelot, and Merlin

About this title

About the Author:

Norma Lorre Goodrich, Ph.D., K.C., FSA Scot, has been teaching for forty-five years and is a professor emeritus at the Claremont Colleges. She is the author of King Arthur, Guinevere, Merlin, Heroines, Priestesses, Ancient Myths, and Medieval Myths. She lives in Claremont, California, with her husband.

From Library Journal:

Though Goodrich asserts that hers "is the first book to have explored very minutely and in the original languages both the historical and literary material concerning King Arthur," numerous Arthurian scholars have written similarly researched books with similar conclusions. Goodrich assumes ancient authors were accurate, and she has made the following findings: the real Arthur operated "between what is now Scotland and what is now England," rather than in the South; he died near Douglas; and Avalon was St. Patrick's Isle, near Man. Her romantic sensibilities skate over the treacherous evidence and find geographic certainties everywhere. Despite these drawbacks, this is enjoyable reading for the public library patron interested in King Arthur. Don Fry, Poynter Inst. for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0531097013
• ISBN 13: 9780531097014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 415