Produktbeschreibung
THE MERRIEST KNIGHT:
The Collected Arthurian Tales of Theodore Goodridge Roberts
by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
edited by Mike Ashley
Noted Canadian author and poet Theodore Goodridge Roberts was fascinated
with Sir Dinadan, perhaps the most practical of the Knights of the Round
Table. Roberts expressed his affection for the character Malory dubbed
"the merriest knight" through a cycle of bright and witty tales
published throughout the 1950s in the popular magazine Blue Book. Toward
the end of his life, Roberts created a final Dinadan adventure and set
about collecting the stories into a single volume, but he died before
that book saw publication
Under the guidance of editor Mike Ashley, The Merriest Knight gathers
for the first time all of Roberts' tales of Sir Dinadan including the
previously unpublished "Quest's End" and several other long lost
Arthurian works by this master of the stylish adventure yarn and the
historical romance. Within these pages readers will find a collection of
Arthurian tales that are sometimes poignant, often humorous, and always
ingenious, as well as a Camelot made fresh by the wry and often scathing
eye of Sir Dinadan, who never rushes into battle without first being
certain of the need to fight at all. |
