![]() ![]() and it would have been better, Merlin always said, had she been drowned at birth. ![]() Arthur is supposed to marry Ceinwyn, a princess of Powys, but falls disastrously in love with Guinevere – ‘There have been many more beautiful women, and thousands who were better, but since the world was weaned I doubt there have been many so unforgettable as Guinevere. Uther’s heir is a child, Mordred, and Arthur, his uncle, is named one of the boy’s guardians. This first book tells how after the death of Uther, High King of Britain, the country falls into chaos. Bernard Cornwell’s The Winter King is a 1995 historical retelling of the legend of King Arthur, and Book 1 in Cornwell’s The Warlord Chronicles series. Arthur has to fight other British kingdoms and the dreadful “Sais” – the Saxons – who are invading Britain. The Winter King, like the rest of the trilogy, is narrated by Derfel (which is pronounced Dervel), one of Arthur’s warriors. ![]() ![]() This first book tells how after the death of Uther, High King of Britain, the country falls into chaos. Comienza hoy con una prueba gratuita de 30 das y. THE WINTER KING The novel is set in Dark Age Britain in a land where Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared, where a child-king sits unprotected on the throne, where religion vies with magic for the souls of the people. and I was there, and this is how it was.’ The Winter King, like the rest of the trilogy, is narrated by Derfel (which is pronounced Dervel), one of Arthur’s warriors. Escucha The Winter King de Bernard Cornwell disponible en Rakuten Kobo. ‘Once upon a time, in a land that was called Britain, these things happened. ![]()
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