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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thotas" data-source="post: 1546135" data-attributes="member: 18974"><p>Gotta confess, I haven't read any of Lawhead's stuff.  So I'm not sure what the target is, but I will take a moment to rattle on about some of my fave Arthurian ammo.  I like books written various scholars trying to work out the "true" Arthur's story.  Interesting, because many of them talk a good arguement but contradict each other massively so some of those very feasible sounding ideas have to be flat-out wrong.  Norma Lorre Goodrich's books "King Arthur", "Merlin" and "Guinevere" are all interesting; if you're big on the Grail Quest her "Holy Grail" is good, too.  KA might be a little dense on the scholarly stuff for some, G feels like it's reaching more than the others that, while they reach, are fun and even make some points along the way that just might be right.  For example, historicaly, as fond as many people are of the idea that much of the legend derives from the transition from Celtic to Christian beliefs, the truth is that the Romans had already done enough damage to Celtic religion that it's more likely the conflict was between Celtic Christianity (specificly the Pelagian Heresy) and Roman Catholicism.  Her theory that Merlin was a disguise for (ha! no spoiler) is interesting.  "The Keys to Avalon" and it's sequel (sorry, not handy, and I don't remember the authors' names, either) are seeming pretty reasonable over all, and while Arthur wasn't born in Tintagel castle because it wasn't built yet, there are indications that there may have been a very powerful political/military leader in that area at the appropriate time.  And yep, if you haven't guessed yet, I'm very interested in this summer's "King Arthur" movie that claims to tell the "true story" when half of the historians say he's completely made up and the half that believe he existed can't even come close to agreeing what that story is.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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