ARTHUR, THE DRAGON KING by Reid, Howard ISBN 074726225X

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Over the years historians have sought the truth behind the story of King Arthur. Many have produced plausible hypotheses, setting the Arthur story in Cornwall, in Scotland or in Wales. In this reassessment, Howard Reid suggests the King Arthur story actually has its roots much further afield.

Since Dark Age Britain was divided between the twin legacies of Celtic culture and the departed Romans, one might logically expect to find the trappings of King Arthur's story - swords in stones, round tables, chivalrous knights - in their myths and legends. They are conspicuously absent. The origins of these essentially Arthurian traditions lie much further afield, with the nomadic tribes of central Asia, like the Sarmatians and Alans. Ironically, we must trace this legend, so central to western civilisation, to the heart of the people whom we have historically despised as barbarians...

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ARTHUR, THE DRAGON KING

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Reid, Howard

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074726225X

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01/11/2001

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Headline Book Publishing Ltd

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paperback (B format)

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7.99 (GBP)

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7.99 (GBP)

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