As Sir Gawain lies wounded and feverish outside Sir Lancelot's castle, he tells of the deeds and adventures of the Knights of the Round Table. Atmospheric and dramatic, this is a rare account of the Arthurian legends in one consecutive story.
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Retold by: Neil Philip is a writer, folklorist and poet. Among his many books are Poets of the Inuit, The Adventures of Odysseus, and The Tale of Sir Gawain. His work has won numerous awards, including the Aesop Award of the American Folklore Award and the Literary Criticism Book Award of the Children's Literature Association.
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