Beatrice Clay – författare

The Arthur of history was engaged in a life-long struggle with an enemy that threatened to rob his people of home, of country, and of freedom; in the stories, the king and his knights, like Richard Coeur-de-Lion, sought adventure for adventure''s sake, or, as in the case of Sir Peredur, took fantastic vows for the love of a lady. The Knights of the Round Table are sheathed from head to foot in plate armour, although the real Arthur''s warriors probably had only shirts of mail and shields with which to ward off the blows of the enemy. They live in moated castles instead of in halls of wood, and they are more often engaged in tournaments than in struggles with the heathen. As long as a story of adventure thrills; as long as gentleness, courtesy and consideration for the weak excite respect, we will read these tales of brave knights and their times.

The King Arthur Super Pack is the most complete collection of Arthurian literature ever assembled. There are more than two thousand pages of amazing literature here. There are more than a dozen major works included in this collection, as well as a number of works of interest to Arthurian fans. Journey back in time to the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, when magic and chivalry ruled the land. Included in this omnibus edition are: ‘Le Morte D''Arthur’ by Sir Thomas Malory; ‘Idylls of the King’ by Lord Alfred Tennyson; ‘A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur''s Court’ by Mark Twain; ‘Erec et Enide’ by Chrétien de Troyes; ‘The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights’ by Sir James Knowles; ‘Stories of King Arthur''s Knights: Told to the Children’ by Mary MacGregor; ‘Stories of King Arthur and His Knights’ by U. Waldo Cutler; ‘King Arthur''s Knights: The Tales Re-Told for Boys & Girls’ by Henry Gilbert; ‘Stories from Le Morte D''Arthur and the Mabinogion’ by Beatrice Clay; ‘King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table’ by Rupert S. Holland; ‘The Marvellous History of King Arthur in Avalon’ by Geoffrey of Monmouth; ‘Gawayne and the Green Knight: A Fairy Tale’ by Charlton Miner Lewis; ‘Merlin’s Youth’ by George Parker Bidder; ‘Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys’ translated by Jessie L. Weston; ‘Merlin the Enchanter’ by Thomas Wentworth Higginson; ‘King Arthur at Avalon’ by Thomas Wentworth Higginson; ‘Sir Lancelot of the Lake’ by Thomas Wentworth Higginson; ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ translated by Jessie Weston; ‘The Story of King Arthur and His Knights’ by Howard Pyle; ‘The Story of the Champions of the Round Table’ by Howard Pyle; ‘The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions’ by Howard Pyle; ‘The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur’ by Howard Pyle; ‘A Knyght Ther Was’ by Robert F. Young; ‘The Egyptian Maid or The Romance of the Water-Lily’ by William Wordsworth; ‘Merlin and Vivien’ by Lord Alfred Tennyson; ‘Merlin’s Song’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson; ‘Gawain and the Lady of Avalon’ by George Augustus Simcox; and ‘The Marriage of Sir Gawaine’ by Bishop Thomas Percy.

The Arthur of history was engaged in a life-long struggle with an enemy that threatened to rob his people of home, of country, and of freedom; in the stories, the king and his knights, like Richard Coeur-de-Lion, sought adventure for adventure's sake, or, as in the case of Sir Peredur, took fantastic vows for the love of a lady. The Knights of the Round Table are sheathed from head to foot in plate armour, although the real Arthur's warriors probably had only shirts of mail and shields with which to ward off the blows of the enemy. They live in moated castles instead of in halls of wood, and they are more often engaged in tournaments than in struggles with the heathen. As long as a story of adventure thrills; as long as gentleness, courtesy and consideration for the weak excite respect, we will read these tales of brave knights and their times.

Beatrice Clay's retelling of Arthurian tales remain as vibrant today as when they first became a popular success eighty years ago. Sir Galahad, Sir Launcelot, Queen Guenevere and Morgan Le Fey, all these beloved characters are brought together for a vibrant recreation of life in the Middle Ages. This great treasure-house of stories is to the English race what the stories of Ulysses and Aeneas were to the Greeks and Latins, a national inheritance of which they should be, and are, proud. The high nobility, dauntless courage and gentle humility of Arthur and his knights have had a great effect in moulding the character of English peoples, since none of us can help trying to imitate what he admires and loves most.