Idylls of the King

From the influential English poet, a collection of poems featuring the legendary King Arthur, a hero imbued with the values of the Victorian age

Alfred Tennyson had a lifelong interest in the legend of King Arthur and after the huge success of his poem "Morte d'Arthur" he built on the theme with this series of twelve verses, written in two periods of intense creativity over nearly twenty years. Idylls of the King traces the story of Arthur's rule, from his first encounter with Guinevere and ...