Journey to Avalon

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Chris Barher and Dávid Pvkitt sort fact from fiction to provide the most eonvincing and detailed account of King Arthur that has ever been compiled. This intriguing work of historical detection unlocks the solution to one of the greatest mysteries in the world. Readers vvill learn the true identity of Arthur, the sixth-century king of the Britons, as well as the locations of his courts and long-forgotten battle sites such as Badon and Gamlan. Most importantly, the authors reveal the secret of the mysterious Isle of Avalon and Arthur's resting place in a Breton church. The authors show that King Henry VII in fact knew the identity of King Arthur, but time and various misunderstandings obscured the truth of the matter, and as a result this Dark Age king has become the subject of fiction and fantasy. Barber and Pvkitt examine, eompare, and interpret key literary sources such as Gildas, Nennius, Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Mabinogion, and The Lives of the Sciints, providing fascinating... Tovább

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Chris Barher and Dávid Pvkitt sort fact from fiction to provide the most eonvincing and detailed account of King Arthur that has ever been compiled. This intriguing work of historical detection unlocks the solution to one of the greatest mysteries in the world. Readers vvill learn the true identity of Arthur, the sixth-century king of the Britons, as well as the locations of his courts and long-forgotten battle sites such as Badon and Gamlan. Most importantly, the authors reveal the secret of the mysterious Isle of Avalon and Arthur's resting place in a Breton church. The authors show that King Henry VII in fact knew the identity of King Arthur, but time and various misunderstandings obscured the truth of the matter, and as a result this Dark Age king has become the subject of fiction and fantasy. Barber and Pvkitt examine, eompare, and interpret key literary sources such as Gildas, Nennius, Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Mabinogion, and The Lives of the Sciints, providing fascinating answers to questions that have baffled historians for eenturies. They alsó show the importance of historical links between the Geltic areas of Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany, and explain why the story of King Arthur is so well-remembered in these areas. Journey to Avalon will no doubt prove to be very controversial, for academic historians have tended to dismiss the possibility of any solution being achieved for the mystery of King Arthur. Barber and Pvkitt present a convincing and conclusive answer to this riddle, throwing new light 011 the forgottén history of Dark Age Britain. Vissza