Idylls of the King

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

⏱ 8 minEpic & myth

The whole arc of King Arthur: the drawing of the sword, the founding of the Round Table and its shining vows, the Quest of the Grail, the fatal love of Lancelot and Guinevere, and the last dim battle in the west. A guided tour of Tennyson's Arthurian cycle.

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