Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, lies feverish and wounded in his tent outside the French Castle of Sir Lancelot. The Round Table has collapsed into warring factions. Arthur and Gawain are besieging the man who used to be their closest friend, Lancelot. As his anxious brain circles around this terrible truth, Sir Gawain tells his young squire the story of the rise and fall of the 'fairest fellowship of noble knights that ever served a Christian king', as seen through his own eyes. He tells of Arthur's boyhood, and what happened when the young king drew the magic sword from the stone and claimed his kingdom; of his own adventure with the supernatural Green Knight; of the search for the Holy Grail; and the rivalries and jealousies that splintered the fellowship and set friend against friend. It is rare to find the Arthurian legends retold in one consecutive story. Neil Philip, with the help of the atmospheric line drawings of Charles Keeping, has presented a thrilling tale that works towards a dramatic climax.

 

This book is part of a book series called New Windmills Ks3 .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1989 by Pearson Education Limited .

Neil Philip is a writer and a critic with an interest in the fairy tale.

This book has the following chapters:

I Genealogical Table

II The Knights of the Round Table

III The Sword in the Stone

IV Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

V The Marraige of Sir Gawain

VI The Fair Unknown

VII Sir Perceval

VIII The Quest for the Holy Grail

IX The Holy Grail

X Lancelot and Guinevere

XI The Banishment of Lancelot

XII Return to England

XIII The Death of Gawain Postscript

Author's Note on Sources