Saturday, February 26, 2011

The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady by Gerald Morris

This book recounts the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a few parts from other Arthurian legends thrown in for good measure. This series is very enjoyable, if a bit predictable (because it works with such well-loved material). I also think it's a bit rosy for a King Arthur story--these stories, I think, at heart are not meant to be entirely happy ending stories (and to be fair, the one I just read is not entirely a happy ending story), but the role of the fairy realm ultimately seems to be to take the edge of the sadness, and I'm not sure how much I like that.

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