Friday, June 27, 2025

Arthur, the Always King by Kevin Crossley-Holland illustrated by Chris Riddell*

 A lavishly illustrated account about King Arthur's entire life

This hefty graphic novel portrays the legend of King Arthur and his knights in an engaging manner. I especially appreciated the word choice and the writing style. Although I highly recommend it, I think it is best suited for high school and older. See the warnings.

*Highly recommend.

Warnings: Arthur is born out of an affair (although his mother was tricked by magic) between the king and the Duchess of Cornwall, Arthur has a son out of wedlock with his half-sister (he, however, did not know she was his half-sister), mentions of initimacy (no details are given-readers infer ), Lancelot and Queen Guinevere have an affair, very graphic violence-described  The illustrations show blood and the gore. 

-Borrowed via ILL-I bought this book, so I own it too now.



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