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The Fall of Arthur

J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Fall of Arthur recounts in verse the last campaign of King Arthur, who, even as he stands at the threshold of Mirkwood, is summoned back to Britain by news of the treachery of Mordred. Already weakened in spirit by Guinevere’s infidelity with the now-exiled Lancelot, Arthur must rouse his knights to battle one last time against Mordred’s rebels and foreign mercenaries. Powerful, passionate, and filled with vivid imagery, this unfinished poem reveals Tolkien’s gift for storytelling at its brilliant best.

Christopher Tolkien, editor, contributes three illuminating essays that explore the literary world of King Arthur, reveal the deeper meaning of the verses and the painstaking work his father applied to bring the poem to a finished form, and investigate the intriguing links between The Fall of Arthur and Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 233 pages

Publication:: 2013

Publisher:: HarperCollins

Edition:: 1st, First Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0007489943

ISBN13:: 9780007489947

kindle Asin:: B00CNVPEYQ

The Fall of Arthur

J.R.R. Tolkien

3.80/5 (6032 ratings)

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The Fall of Arthur recounts in verse the last campaign of King Arthur, who, even as he stands at the threshold of Mirkwood, is summoned back to Britain by news of the treachery of Mordred. Already weakened in spirit by Guinevere’s infidelity with the now-exiled Lancelot, Arthur must rouse his knights to battle one last time against Mordred’s rebels and foreign mercenaries. Powerful, passionate, and filled with vivid imagery, this unfinished poem reveals Tolkien’s gift for storytelling at its brilliant best.

Christopher Tolkien, editor, contributes three illuminating essays that explore the literary world of King Arthur, reveal the deeper meaning of the verses and the painstaking work his father applied to bring the poem to a finished form, and investigate the intriguing links between The Fall of Arthur and Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 233 pages

Publication:: 2013

Publisher:: HarperCollins

Edition:: 1st, First Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0007489943

ISBN13:: 9780007489947

kindle Asin:: B00CNVPEYQ

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