β Scribed by Jack Whyte
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Paperback, 496 pages
Published 1995
Penguin Canada digital (2015)
Born of the chaos of the Dark Ages, the Dream of Eagles produced a king, a country and an everlasting legendβCamelot
The orphaned baby Arthurβheir to the Colony of Camulod and born with both Roman heritage and the royal blood of the Hibernian Scots and the Celtic Welshβhas been adopted by his cousin Caius Merlyn Britannicus. Merlyn is now the sole custodian of the great dream of his ancestors: that of independent survival in Britain amid the ruins of the imperial Roman world. He is also the keeper of Excalibur, the wondrous sword crafted by his great-uncle Publius Varrus. It is up to Merlyn to teach the young Arthur all that he needs to know to unify the diverse clans of Britain under his kingship. And it is Merlyn's laborious responsibility to see that the young Arthur survives the deadly threats to this destinyβthreats that arise from the bloody Saxon shore.
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