This is the start of a fantastic Trilogy of books that tells the story of King Arthur as it's never been told before. Simply enchanting, as well as dark and mysterious, I thoroughly enjoyed the entire series.

I love this series. Brilliant story and great writing combined with good characters. This is a take on the arthurian legends. It asks "what's the real history behind the legends". What follows is a very well thought out story that takes the legends and mixes it with history and fiction. David gemmell does the same in his excellent troy series. The Arthur books are still for me the best of cornwell's books. A brilliant trilogy.

I loved reading this book, it was a good solid retelling of Arthur. Like many people, after having read a few Arthurian books over the years this is one of the 2 which stand out. I’ve read a few other books from the author and I felt this book was paced and gripping. It follows the same formula but it still had some surprises along the way.. Lancelot = shocker! If you like Arthurian, Saxon war books you’ll love this.