Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur
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From the onset of the story, the reader encounters names of people and places, which sound and look strange and exotic. The setting of the tale is sixth century Britain, two hundred years after the Romans left Europe. Now the Celtic kingdoms fight among themselves while the invading Angles and Saxons settle in the eastern p