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Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris
This book
is an entertaining, YA retelling of some of the King Arthur legends. It focuses on Sir Gawain and his squire, and basically recounts
The Wife of Bath's Tale
from Chaucer. The prose is entertaining, even if the story is familiar.
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