The Bright Sword

De: Lev Grossman

Narrado por: Mr Nicholas Guy Smith, Lev Grossman

Brought to you by Penguin.

No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium.

When gifted young knight Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place on the Round Table, he quickly discovers that he’s too late:The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table are left.

And the survivors aren’t the heroes of legend either, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill.

But it’s up to them to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance, even as God abandons Britain and the fairies and old gods are returning, led by Morgan le Fay. They must reclaim Excalibur and make this ruined world whole again.

But first they’ll have to solve the mystery of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell.

The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect men and women, full of strength and pain, who are looking for a way to forge a broken land in spite of being broken themselves.

'For anyone who’s ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting.'
Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing

©2024 Lev Grossman (P)2024 Penguin Audio

good arthuriana

I liked this examination into king arthur myths. modern in deconstruction of the great knights but no way tedious or deliberately cynical. I think the portrayal and flaws of the round table knights goes a long way to build up the tragedy of it all. not as cynical and historic like warlord chronicles but instead mythical and wondrous.

do note this audiobooks chapters in app and in book aren't quite right but the book plays just fine.

Original retelling- fantastic writing

I Enjoyed the character design sub chapters adding substance and depth surrounding the key narrative

Tiresome

I liked his “Magicians” very much, but found these characters underwhelming and the story line tedious.