![]() ![]() ![]() For those who like their adventures fast and flip, this questing comedy is good sport. All ends happily, even for cuckolded Arthur, and a few loose ends promise a sequel (after all, Terence is not yet a knight). Morris retells various medieval legends with plenty of action, tongue-in-cheek humor and moments of keen perception (e.g., when Arthur confides his pain over Guinevere's affair to Terence and Gawain when Gawain insists on standing in Arthur's stead for the Green Knight's challenge). Along the way, Terence and Gawain rescue a pert and freckled lady, Eileen, from her evil uncle-and she soon wins a place in Terence's heart. White, author of The Once and Future King) and of course Arthur, appear in all the books. Some characters, such as Sir Gawain and his squire Terence (a creation of Morris, whose name is a nod to T. ![]() As King Arthur mourns Guinevere's affair with Lancelot, Gawain sets off on a quest to fulfill his part of the Green Knight's challenge. A series of young adult novels by Gerald Morris, taking place during the rule of King Arthur. Morris characterizes the queen as a vapid beauty and Lancelot as a fop, opening the way for Sir Gawain and his teenage squire, Terence, to upstage Lancelot when the Green Knight puts the king to a challenge and Gawain steps in to take the monarch's place. Refusing to pay the Roman Emperor a ""truage,"" King Arthur calls a war against the Empire, aided by the French enter Sir Lancelot, whose bravery wins Guinevere's heart. Fans of Morris's broad-humored, good-hearted Arthurian adventure, A Squire's Tale, will be just as entertained by this sequel, which introduces Lancelot and the Green Knight. ![]()
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