The story of King Arthur and his knights
Book - 1931
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- Published
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New York :
Scribner
c1931.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 313 p. : ill
- ISBN
- 9780684148144
- The Book of King Arthur
- Part I. The Winning Of Kinghood
- Chapter First. "How Sir Kay did Combat in a Great Tournament at London Town and of How He Break His Sword. Likewise, How Arthur Found a New Sword For Him"
- Chapter Second. How Arthur Twice Performed the Miracle of the Sword Before Sir Ector and of How His Birthright Was Discovered Unto Him
- Chapter Third. How Several Kings and High Dukes Assayed to Draw the Sword Out of the Anvil and How They Failed. Likewise How Arthur Made the Assay and Succeeded Therein
- Part II. The Winning Of A Sword
- Chapter First. "How There Came a Certain Wounded Knight Unto the Court of King Arthur, How a Young Knight of the King's Court Sought To Avenge Him and Failed and How the King Thereupon Took That Assay Upon Himself"
- Chapter Second. How King Arthur Fought With the Sable Knight and How He Was Sorely Wounded. Likewise How Merlin Brought Him Safe Away From the Field of Batttle
- Chapter Third. How King Arthur Found a Noble Sword In a Very Wonderful Manner. And How He Again Fought With It and Won That Battle
- Part III. The Winning Of A Queen
- Chapter First. "How King Arthur Went to Tintagalon with Four of His Court, and How He Disguised Himself for a Certain Purpose"
- Chapter Second. How King Ryence Came to Cameliard and How King Arthur Fought With the Duke of North Umber
- Chapter Third. How King Arthur Encountered Four Knights and of What Befell Thereby
- Chapter Fourth. How the Four Knights Served the Lady Guinevere
- Chapter Fifth. "How King Arthur Overcame the Enemies of King Leodegrance, and How His Royalty Was Proclaimed"
- Chapter Sixth. How King Arthur Was Wedded in Royal State and How the Round Table Was Established The Book of Three Worthies
- Part I. The Story Of Merlin
- Chapter First. "How Queen Morgana le Fay Meditated Evil Against King Arthur and How She Sent a Damsel Beguile the Enchanter, Merlin"
- Chapter Second. "How Merlin Journeyed With Vivien Unto the Valley of Foyousness and How He Builded for Her a Castle at That Place. Also, How Her Taught Her the Wisdom of Magic and of How She Compassed His Downfall Thereby"
- Chapter Third. "How Queen Morgana le Fay Returned to Camelot and to the Court With Intent to Do Ill Will to King Arthur, Also How King Arthur and Others Went a-Hunting and of What Befell Thereby"
- Chapter Fourth. "What Befell Sir Accalon, and How King Arthur Fought an Affair-at-Arms With Swords, and How He Came Nigh to Losing His Life Thereby"
- Part II. The Story Of Sir Pellias
- Chapter First. How Queen Guinevere Went a-Maying and of How Sir Pellias Took Upon Him a Quest in Her Behalf
- Chapter Second. "How Sir Pellias Overcame a Red Knight, Hight Sir Adresack, and of How He Liberated XXII Captives From That Knights Castle"
- Chapter Third. "How Sir Pellias Did Battle With Sir Engamore, Otherwise the Knight of the Green Sleeves, and of What Befell the Lady Ettard"
- Chapter Fourth. "How Queen Guinevere Quarrelled With Sir Gawaine, and How Sir Gawaine Left the Court of King Arthur For a While"
- Chapter Fifth. How Sir Gawaine Met Sir Pellias and How He Promised to Aid Him With the Lady Ettard
- Chapter Sixth. How the Lady of the Lake Took Back Her Necklace From Sir Pellias
- Part III. The Story Of Sir Gawaine
- Chapter First. "How a White Hart Appeared Before King Arthur, and How Sir Gawaine and Gaheris, His Brother, Went in Pursuit Thereof, and of What Befell Them in That Quest"
- Chapter Second. "How King Arthur Became Lost in the Forest, and How He Fell Into a Very Singular Adventure in a Castle Unto Which He Came"
- Chapter Third. "How King Arthur Overcame the Knight-Enchanter, and How Sir Gawaine Manifested the High Nobility of His Knighthood"