King Arthur And the Knights of the Round Table
Contributors: Rupert S. Holland (Editor); Lancelot Speed (Introduction)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: July 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781417938452
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: KING VORTIGERN the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messenger, and cried aloud-"Arise, Lord King, for the enemy is come; even Ambrosius and Uther, upon whose throne thou sittest -and full twenty thousand with them-and they have sworn by a great oath, Lord, to slay thee, ere this year be done; and even now they march towards thee as the north wind of winter for bitterness and haste."