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Excalibur! by Gil Kane, John Jakes

katmarhan's review against another edition

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4.0

Let's start with the fact that the Arthurian legend, in all its many forms, is one of my most favorites.

I liked the way the authors brought in all the tribes and groups vying for power and control in Britain--Britons/Celts, Picts, Saxons. There was at least an attempt to show both good and evil in the various groups. And many parts of the legend were included--Merlin (and Morgan as Nimue), the Grail, Lancelot and Elain, the sword in the stone. And there were twists from other versions--Morgause and not Morgan as mother of Modred (Mordred), a mutual desire between Ygraine and Uther, and the marriage between Arthur and Guinevere never consummated.

7/10
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