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The Chronicles of the Round Table
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1904895 in Books
- Published on: 1997-10-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 448 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Kirkus Reviews
This addition to Ashley's Chronicles series of Arthurian tales comprises 19 new stories, 4 reprints, 190251, and an afterword in which Marion Zimmer Bradley and Parke Godwin discuss their own and other Arthurian works. Otherwise, the knights themselves (often the more obscure ones) take center stage in stories mostly based on traditional sources, including: Gereint and the hedge of mist, Sagremor's African origins, Tor's fight with Abbo (Abelleus), Lionel the irrepressible, Bedivere and Vortiporix, Blamor vs. Tristan, Brandiles vs. Gawain, Yder vs. Abbadan the troll, the Brown Knight Without Pity, Villiers the Valiant, Fergus of Galloway, and Pelleas and Nimue. Worth a browse for Arthur's faithful legions. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Customer Reviews
A Good Selection of Arthurian Short Stories
This is the fifth and final collection of short stories edited by Mike Ashley covering the Aurthurian mythology. This work largely focuses on bringing to life some of the players of the Knights of the Round Table.
The collection of works isn't the classical Tennyson or Geoffrey of Monmouth - it is a collection of modern renditions by some well known (and less well known) fantasy authors of the last 100 years.
The stories are an easy read and very entertaining. A good introduction to the Arthurian pantheon - and the entire series of "Chronicles" are worth owning if you are a fan of the Arthurian tradition.
A Collection of Short Stories Worth Reading
This is the fifth and final collection of short stories edited by Mike Ashley covering the Aurthurian mythology. This work largely focuses on bringing to life some of the players of the Knights of the Round Table.
The collection of works isn't the classical Tennyson or Geoffrey of Monmouth - it is a collection of modern renditions by some well known (and less well known) fantasy authors of the last 100 years.
The stories are an easy read and very entertaining. A good introduction to the Arthurian pantheon - and the entire series of "Chronicles" are worth owning if you are a fan of the Arthurian tradition.
