Lancelot Du Lethe (Mad Merlin)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (841 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765301180 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The story of Lancelot is one of striving for perfection only to fall short due to the sins of the flesh. But in Lancelot du Lethe the knight is only partially of the mortal realm. This ensuing war of loyalties and love threatens the uneasy peace not just mortal realm but of the entire netherworld of the multipantheons of gods as well.Drawing from Joseph Campbell, and from sources both historical and literary, this is a new take on the story of Camelot's most famous knight, told as only the author of Mad Merlin can.. He and Guinevere share a mystical bond of which Arthur cannot be a part, for they are both of the bloodline of the fey, immortally destined to be be
"The moon sets on a great knight" according to David Roy. Lancelot du Lethe is the second book featuring King's unique take on the Arthurian legends. Gone are the various pantheons of gods, as this book is mostly about the land of Britain itself, its ties with the Fey folk, and how Christianity is pushing everything aside. King plays with the legends even as he includes many things that we all know and love about them. This is a better book than the first and it doesn't contain any of the problems . "A pleasant addition to Arthurian literature ." according to Mary Jacco. While I don't consider this two-book series ("Mad Merlin" and Lancelot du Lethe") one of the heavyweights of Arthurian retellings, I did find it pleasant and enjoyable. I'm probably being a tad generous in handing out four stars instead of a more appropriate three, but I'm torn just enough to give Mr. King the benefit of the doubt.This book both adheres to the stock story of Mallory and varies wildly from it. It follows most of the major eve. superb retelling of the Camelot triangle When Merlin first sees the newborn Lancelot he knows that the infant will one day destroy all that King Arthur accomplished at Mount Badon and Camelot. The lad's father King Ban asks Merlin to bless his heir, but the mage wonders if the world would be a better place if he killed Lancelot right then and there. Reluctantly, Merlin blesses the baby stating he will one day be the best knight.Years later, Lancelot is considered the bravest knight
King's flashes of brilliance, frequently found in his descriptions of natural images, don't compensate for a choppy, movie-influenced style that renders even potentially stirring scenes in laundry-list prose. Lovers of "The Matter of Britain" would do better to turn to King's sources rather than his results. Lancelot's capture by the Four Queens, his rescue of Guinevere from Meleagaunce and other familiar adventures are intermixed with a mishmash of Roman, Celtic and Christian mythology, loosely glued together by a paramysticism reminiscent of Bradley's The