![]() ![]() ![]() On this sword it is written that anyone who can pull it out of the stone will become the new King of England. Green used many sources in addition to Malory.Īfter Uther Pendragon's death, Merlin the magician forms a stone and in it a sword. Green attempted to relate each legend so that the entire story would have a beginning, middle and end. Green attempted to weave together the many legends surrounding King Arthur in a single narrative, claiming that Thomas Malory's version of the story, Le Morte d'Arthur, was a loose collection of separate stories. In 2008 it was reissued in the Puffin Classics series with an introduction by David Almond (the award-winning author of Clay, Skellig, Kit's Wilderness and The Fire-Eaters), and with original illustrations by Lotte Reiniger. It was first published by Puffin Books in 1953 and has since been reprinted. ![]() King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table is a novel for children written by Roger Lancelyn Green. ![]()
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