The Rise of King Arthur: Legends Retold

In the darkest age of Britain, a boy was born in secrecy and hidden from his own birthright. Years later, he returned to draw a sword from the stone and bring the kingdom back from chaos.

Based on Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, this retelling preserves the original plots and the strange, compelling spirit of the source, while it also reveals the inner lives of the characters that medieval prose left unspoken. This is not a simplified version of Arthurian legends, but connected tales told...