King of the Celts Format: Paperback

Markale, Jean

ISBN 10: 0892814527 / ISBN 13: 9780892814527

Published by Simon and Schuster, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

Title: King of the Celts Format: Paperback

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

In a masterful blend of history, geography, and literature, Jean Markale re-creates the true King Arthur, the real-life Celtic warrior-hero who organized the resistance to the Saxon onslaught in fifth-century England. Markale's unsurpassed knowledge of Celtic history has enabled him to reconstruct for us the actual world in which King Arthur lived--its heros, its values, and its vicissitudes--and to define the position that Arthur occupied within it.

· Explains how the Arthurian ideals of knightly virtue and chivalry are at the heart of Western literature and thought

· Shows how the Celtic heritage continues to exert a unique formative power on our personal and moral concepts

From the Author:

Historian, poet, and television and radio producer, Jean Markale is the author of forty books on pre-Christian societies, including The Celts: Uncovering the Mythic and Historic Origins of Western Culture, Merlin, and Women of the Celts.