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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table-Lb (Great Illustrated Classics (Abdo))

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"King Arthur and the knights of The Round Table" is an excellent abridgement of mainly the first but also the end of the fourth of Howard Pyle's unabridged four King Arthor novels. It isn't detailed enough for adults or very advanced kids to enjoy. It got under four stars in my view, but I rounded up. This rating would only meet one for adults. This book has action, magic, and romance and all youngsters will love this version of King Arthor. It has the Athorian basics; such as Arthor suceeding in pulling out the magical sword in the stone to become King of England, breaking this sword in a duel and receiving the more powerful excalibur, the marrige of Arthor to the magestic Guinevire, and Sir Modred trying to take his own uncle's throne. The ending is a tragic one, but I will not give it away. The is only one drawback from this book and that is that this book does not include more than a few sentences about Arthor's knights. It has the Launcelot and Guinevere thing (only having them more innocent), but doesn't say much about the other amazing Knights. I would reccomend for adults or very advanced kids, other books by Howard Pyle and "Morte D' Arthor". "Mortte D' Arthor" is intended for more mature readers, but isn't vulgar and sitcomedys are worse.

"King Arthur and the Knights of The Round Table" is an excellent book for readers who are young in age. It isn't quite four stars, but I rounded up. This grade is for children; as an adult book it would be only one star for the lack of detail and blood. This book is based on, the amazing aurthor and artist(unfortunately this book doesn't include his drawings), Howard Pyle's four King Arthur books; though this abridgement only includes some of the tales from the first and last of his series. It includes the basics of most Arthurian tales; the drawing of the seord in the stone, Arthur breaking this and then receiving the even more powerful sword excalibur, and Sir. Modred's atempt to take over the King's throne. This book also includes black and white pictures on every other page and have romantic and action stories which all young children will love. For adults or advanced children, I recommend "Le Morte D' Arthur" and other unabridged books by Howard Pyle. It should be said that "Le Morte D' Arthur has some adult context, though it isn't vulgar and most advanced teens would be fine with it.

The story takes place in England in between 500-700 A.D. The main characters in the story are Arthur, who becomes King of England, Merlin, the great sorcerer, Guinevere, Arthurs queen, Morgana, Arhturs evil sister, and Sir Lacelot, Arthurs best friend and world's best knight who also falls in love with Queen Guinevere.The confict is man vs man.
Arthur becomes king of England by pulling the sword form the stone. The archbishop holds a ceremony to aknowledge their new king. Arthur then challenges the black knight because the knight has killed many people passing along the road that the knight is blocking. King Arthur journeys to Guinevere's castle in diguise as a gardener boy. Guinevere and Arthur fall in love an become married. Slowly Sir Lancelot and Guinevere fall in love. The climax of the story is when Sir Lancelot and Guinevere run away with each other to a secret place.
The falling action. King Arthur made peace with Sir Lancelot for he realized that he was wrong for wanting his wife and loyalist friend killed.
The resolution is when King Arthur died and had Sir Bedevere through Excalibur into the lake at which Arhtur first recieved it. And then Arthur slowly disappered.

This book was full of adventure and action! I think that the best part of the book was seeing how King Arthur lost and found his sword. I think it was one of the best books that I have read!!

This is a fine book for an introduction to Howard Pyle's works but is inferior to his unabridged, original texts. This is okay at best, horrible if you were expecting Howard Pyle's own work. None of Pyle's amazing illustrations are included. It's like a cheap, fake, imitation Rolex. Bear that in mind when considering your purchase.

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
By: Howard Pyle
Have you ever heard of a knight who has a round table? Find this "knight" in King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. A boy named Arthur, whose father died when he was just a baby, was given to a farmer to hide from the bad knights trying to take over his father's kingdom. Merlin, a powerful wizard who has a gift of telling the futures of others, but not his own, creates an obstacle to try to find the true king of England. The obstacle is a sword in a stone and whoever can pull it out, which eventually Arthur does, is king of all of England.

The knight of the round table was brave, fearless, and daring to save his kingdom. He fought evil knights that plotted against him. He helped those in need and he pulled a marvelous sword from a stone. Journey to England and see this "Hero Knight" fight his enemies!

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is my favorite book that I ever read! I like the sword fighting action and all the knights fighting for King Arthur. See King Arthur and his knights fight for peace and justice in this book of witchcraft, swords and lances, and mighty struggles in this time-turning tale!

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is an adaptation of Howard Pyle's classic rendition of the King Arthur legends. Though it lacks the artistic prose and wonderful illustrations of Howard Pyle, readers young and old will enjoy reading this magical tale of courage, romance, and adventure. Unlike some King Arthur stories for children which contain several loosely related stories, this book possesses a great deal of continuity. We learn about how Merlin advises Arthur, the story of the romance between Guinevere and Arthur, the origins of the Round Table, the fate of Merlin, and the end of Camelot. Sir Launcelot and Sir Gawaine make their appearance as well. The quest for the Holy Grail is not mentioned in this version. The editors of the Great Illustrated Classics series have done an excellent job with this classic story based on the Arthurian legends. Highly recommended.

This book is about a guy trying to show he is worthy to be king.This book Has Alot of action in it.
In this book the guy fell in love with a girl and they got married. A few days after the wedding she got kidnapped. This is the book I have ever read. I hope you enjoy it.

Putting Together the Tale

In Howard Pyle version of King Arthur's tales, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table, he puts in many magical items to help him secede in his mission . He raises Arthur from coming birth to his death. He tells many other tales that you normally never here, like the white knight and the magic cap. It is set in the medieval times and the themes keep coming back .
This book is a very good book for younger people. I thought it was the worst book I ever read. I do not recommend this story to anyone over 11. Although I do think you should look for the illustrator in other books, the illustration were superb. The showed the right picture at the right time.