King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

The legends of King Arthur had circulated for hundreds of years before Sir James Knowles compiled King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. But it was this definitive edition that catapulted Arthur back into popular culture. Beginning with Merlin the magician's prophesies of his birth, Knowles chronicles all of the king's heroic exploits, from his recovery of the great sword Excalibur, his founding of Camelot, to his quest for the Holy Grail.