King of the Middle March (Arthur Trilogy #3)

King of the Middle March (Arthur Trilogy #3)

by Kevin Crossley-Holland
King of the Middle March (Arthur Trilogy #3)

King of the Middle March (Arthur Trilogy #3)

by Kevin Crossley-Holland

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Overview

Kevin Crossley-Holland's award-winning Arthur trilogy comes to its triumphant and moving close -- now in paperback!Arthur de Caldicot waits eagerly in Venice for the start of the Fourth Crusade. But it's now, when Arthur's future should be clearest, that he feels the most doubt. Jealousies and greed threaten the Crusade, leading him to question its true mission. Back in England, his engagement to Winnie remains uncertain, as his search for his birth mother is stymied by his vicious father. And his seeing stone shows him the last days of King Arthur's court -- a great dream destroyed, but also a glorious legend rising from the ruins. Likewise in this book, Arthur becomes a man worthy of his kingly name.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780545231763
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date: 02/01/2010
Series: Arthur Trilogy Series , #3
Sold by: Scholastic, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 432
File size: 581 KB
Age Range: 11 - 14 Years

About the Author

Kevin Crossley-Holland was born in 1941 in Mursley, North Buckinghamshire, and grew up in Whiteleaf, a village in the Chiltern Hills of western England. He attended Oxford University, where, after failing his first exams, he developed his passion for Anglo-Saxon literature. After graduating, he was the Gregory Fellow in Poetry at the University of Leeds, and from 1972-1977, he lectured in Anglo-Saxon for the Tufts University of London program. He worked as a children's book editor while beginning to write his own poems and reinterpretations of medieval legends. He has also taught for extended periods in America. He now lives in Norfolk, England.Kevin Crossley-Holland has published six volumes of adult poetry and several libretti for opera. In the world of children's books, he is best known for his numerous retellings and anthologies, and in particular his version of Beowolf. Storm, his novella, won the Carnegie Medal in 1985.The Seeing Stone, published by Scholastic, is his only other work of original fiction. T.H White is the inevitable comparison for Kevin Crossley-Holland's new novel, American readers will also be reminded of Karen Cushman, for the earthy, rich portrayal of life in a medieval manor. Its sequel, At the Crossing-Places, was published in the United States in fall 2002. The third title in this trilogy is King of the Middle March, which will be published in 2003.

Table of Contents

1Sword and Scimitar1
2God's Army2
3Hover, Then Swoop8
4Sea-Feast10
5Chin-pie and a Miserable Wood Louse15
6Galleys and Transports19
7Glass Venetians21
8However Hard We Try22
9Nothing is Easy25
10Fighting-Fear28
11Enemies of God31
12Of the Body, of the Heart35
13Something Very Nasty38
14Catching Fever40
15A Mother to Find42
16Sarachen Traders47
17My Shining Promise53
18A Little March Miracle57
19Winnie's Letter61
20The Greatest Name of any Knight65
21Wax and Diamond74
22Merlin, Questioning77
23Sir Arthur78
24Still Burning85
25At the Stork88
26Lifeblood90
27At Last93
28Instruments of the Devil95
29Your True Believer97
30The Wheel of Fortune100
31The Youngest and the Oldest105
32Seeing Eye to Eye108
33Deep Waters114
34To Lead You and Look After You116
35Cheeks and Strutting Peacocks120
36Not Asking the Question121
37The Lesser of Two Evils127
38Love and Lemon129
39Embarkation133
40The Vermilion Galley137
41Heaven's Messengers139
42Disaster141
43Bleeding by Night and Day145
44So Many Tongues150
45Two Balls151
46Lacrimae Rerum152
47More Dead Than Alive154
48The Poisoned Apple159
49Accusations167
50A Bag of Winds171
51Heels over Head172
52Old Wounds175
53Sir Urry177
54Night-Lights183
55Zara185
56Tact and Tactics188
57Behind Our Backs192
58Feet First196
59Gossip-Wind200
60Ready to Die202
61A Little, Flailing, Biting, Whimpering Thing207
62Thrown210
63Grim and Ugly and Vile213
64Into the Flames219
65The Dark-Eyed Doll224
66Divided in Itself232
67This Is Going to Hurt233
68Jihad239
69Miserere Mei244
70The Spirit-Garden245
71Lady, We Thank You248
72The Heart-in-Waiting251
73Ivory and Gold and Obsidian253
74Nothing but Pawns256
75An Olive Branch260
76The Pope's Letter265
77Byzantine Eyes268
78Combat270
79Deserters276
80Half a Horse Blanket278
81Blood-Blade280
82A Little We Die283
83Hundreds and Hundreds of Miles286
84Nothing Lasts292
85Give Them Hope294
86Alive!297
87By Fair Means or Foul298
88Boy-Girl302
89My Own Son304
90Head-Line and Heart-Line306
91Great Beds, and Other Wonders313
92Wail as You Will318
93In My Blood and Bone320
94At Sea323
95Hiraeth325
96A Path of Feathers327
97Vessels of the Spirit333
98In Your Green Care337
99The Voice of an Angel342
100Knowledge of Good and Evil344
101The Most Bitter Day347
102I Just Don't Know!352
103Down to the Water358
104Home361
105Where Are You Today I Keep Wondering370
106Mother Slim and Sister Grace373
107Digging381
108The King Who Was and Will Be383
109Such High Happiness386
110My Mother388
111Each One of Us392
112The King in Yourself397
Word List403
Calendar407
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