The Blood of Avalon: The Secret History of the Grail Dynasty from King Arthur to Prince William

The Blood of Avalon: The Secret History of the Grail Dynasty from King Arthur to Prince William

by Adrian Gilbert
The Blood of Avalon: The Secret History of the Grail Dynasty from King Arthur to Prince William

The Blood of Avalon: The Secret History of the Grail Dynasty from King Arthur to Prince William

by Adrian Gilbert

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Overview

The story of King Arthur and the quest for the Holy Grail is well known; less so is that of the coming of Christianity to Britain at around the time of the Roman invasion. It is generally assumed that both these legends revolve around town of Glastonbury, yet the paucity of evidence for this assumption has always been troubling to those who like their history to be founded on fact. In this extraordinary book, Adrian Gilbert reveals the location to be not just of the true 'Avalon' or 'Glastonbury' but of many other sites crucial to the Arthurian legend. He shows how the core teachings of Christianity were kept secret by a dynasty of Welsh kings and saints and later (after the Norman invasions) by their surviving descendants. For centuries this remnant of the Brittano-Welsh nobility, still living in 'Avalon', kept alive a hope: they prayed that one day a new Arthur, one with the holy blood of the family of Mary flowing in his veins, would sit once more on the throne of Britain. Extraordinary as it may seem, this hope may soon be realised - for through the late Diana, Princess of Wales, our own Prince William, whose middle name is indeed Arthur, is so descended.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780286280
Publisher: Watkins Media
Publication date: 12/12/2013
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 13 MB
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About the Author

Adrian G. Gilbert is the author or co-author of 10 books, including several Sunday Times bestsellers. He attended St Edmund's College, the oldest Catholic school in Britain, and read Chemistry at the University of Kent at Canterbury. His books are characterised by scrupulous research coupled with an easy, narrative style that has wide appeal for general readers. He is married and lives with his wife and daughter in Kent.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Two Royal Weddings 1

Chapter 2 The Cinderella Princess 5

Chapter 3 Funeral for a Princess 11

Chapter 4 Arthur, King of Glamorgan and Gwent 17

Chapter 5 The Glastonbury Legends 22

Chapter 6 The Company of Avalon 29

Chapter 7 The Quest for Camelot 35

Chapter 8 King Arthur s Round Table 40

Chapter 9 Old Stones and a Forgotten Dynasty 44

Chapter 10 Origins of the Rosy-cross 50

Chapter 11 Normans in the Pays de Galles 55

Chapter 12 The Roll of the Round Table 59

Chapter 13 The House of Anjou 66

Chapter 14 The Coming of the Grail 71

Chapter 15 The Despoliation of the Clasau 75

Chapter 16 The Noble Sanctuary of the West 79

Chapter 17 Origins of the Wars of the Roses 88

Chapter 18 The Rambling Briar-rose of England 93

Chapter 19 Henry Tudor and the Prophecies of Merlin 99

Chapter 20 Old Stones and the Rosy-cross 104

Chapter 21 Raglan Castle and the Welsh Renaissance 107

Chapter 22 The Glendower Rebellion and its Aftermath 110

Chapter 23 The Tree of Jesse 115

Chapter 24 The Keepers of the Skull of Teilo 119

Chapter 25 The Arms of Joseph of Arimathea 123

Chapter 26 The Rise of the House of Tudor 126

Chapter 27 Pembroke Castle and the Tudor Rose 130

Chapter 28 Henry VII and the Restoration of the Brutus Lineage 134

Chapter 29 The Tudor Restoration of the Old British Church 139

Chapter 30 The Rise of the House of Sidney 142

Chapter 31 The Circle of Dr Dee 144

Chapter 32 The Lady of Penshurst 152

Chapter 33 Robert Sidney and the Rosicrucian Furore 157

Chapter 34 Coity and the Search for the Real Glastonbury 162

Chapter 35 Coity and the Church on the Hill 166

Chapter 36 The Castle of the Holy Grail 173

Chapter 37 The Genealogy of Avallach 179

Chapter 38 The Mystery of the Grail 186

Chapter 39 The Rose of Sharon 190

Chapter 40 Epilogue 198

Appendix 1 The Curse on the House of Clare 200

Appendix 2 The Houses of Spencer and Churchill 204

Appendix 3 The House of Sidney 207

Appendix 4 The House of Mathew/Matthews 211

Appendix 5 The Many Houses of Herbert 213

Appendix 6 The Stradlings and St Donats 218

Appendix 7 The Fate of Coity, the Welsh Avalon 221

Appendix 8 Charts of Family Trees 223

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