About King Arthur, the invincible leader of the Britons, many heroic ballads were composed on Foggy Albion. He successfully opposed the Saxon conquerors, established a knightly order of the Round Table, behind which all were equal to each other. According to legend, military luck Arthur was obliged to the magic sword a gift from the wizard Merlin, a priest of the Celtic Druids …. And while historical truth may be buried in that long era of great change, of the great transmigration of peoples, and of rapidly emerging and disappearing kingdoms, the veil of the past is opened before us by the power of Bernard Cornwell’s writing talent. Southern Britain in the 6th century was threatened by the invasion of German barbarians Arthur, the illegitimate son of the supreme king, once exiled by his father overseas, returns to a homeland torn by strife, which, in the face of numerous enemies, needs an alliance of small kingdoms. He may be sealed by Arthur's political marriage to Princess Caine, but fate disposes differently...The first novel from the trilogy about the legendary king-governor Arthur, imbued with the spirit of true History