Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table (version 2)

About this film

LibriVox recording of Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table (version 2) by Andrew Lang. Read in English by Phil Chenevert; Joyfull; kgon; JaredHB; Ashley-Grace Vo; Denise Nordell; Marina Tsung; Christopher Davis; deongines; Zames Curran; Yonatan; Beth Thomas; Melvin Lee; Tony Oliva The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. The Celts were the people who occupied Britain at the time when the history of the country opens, and a few words are necessary to explain why the characters in the stories act and speak as though they belonged to a later age. These stories are adapted from the Book of Romance by ANDREW LANG. It is believed that King Arthur lived in the sixth century, just after the Romans withdrew from Britain, and when the Britons, left to defend themselves against the attacks of the marauding Saxons, rose and defeated them at Mount Badon, securing to themselves peace for many years. It was probably about this time that King Arthur and his company of Knights performed the deeds which were to become the themes of stories and lays for generations afterwards. In olden times, it was the custom of minstrels and story-tellers to travel through the land from co…

Directors & creators

Andrew Lang

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;

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