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From facts and new archaeological discoveries, this novel portrays the greatest of all heroes - Arthur - as a powerful warrior who fights to hold together the Saxon Britain in the fifth century, after the departure of the Romans. In this book the reader will discover a new Arthur and many new... read more

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  • “One of the things I can't stand about Christians is their admiration of meekness. Imagine elevating meekness into a virtue! Meekness! Can you imagine a heaven filled only with the meek? What a dreadful idea. The food would get cold while everyone passed the dishes to everyone else. Meekness is no good, Derfel. Anger and selfishness, those are the qualities that make the world march.”
    Merlin

First Sentence edit see section history

ONCE UPON A TIME, in a land that was called Britain, these things happened.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. A Child in Winter
2. The Princess Bride
3. The Return of Merlin
4. The Isle of the Dead
5. The Shield-wall

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This is book 1 of 3 in The Warlord Chronicles. (standard series)

Followed by Enemy of God.

This is book 1 of 3 in Cronicas de Artur. (standard series)

Followed by Enemy of God.

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  1. Bernard Cornwell (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Country: UK
Publication Date: April 15, 1997
ISBN: 9780312156961
Page Count: 433

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