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Quest for Lancelot’s Arthur

Researching Lancelot’s Grail by Touring King Arthur’s Britain

  • by Richard Gartee
  • Publisher: Lake & Emerald Publications
  • Paperback: 184 pp (including 90+ color photos)
  • Genres:
  • Nonfiction
  • Travel / Great Britain
  • History / Britain (449-1066)
  • ISBN:  978-1-7363957-9-0
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King Arthur—historical person or fictional myth?
Don’t decide until you read Quest for Lancelot’s Arthur.

Whilst researching his novel, Lancelot’s Grail, author Richard Gartee traveled to the UK to experience for himself the land of his characters. Since Sir Lancelot had an inextricable connection to King Arthur, it seemed logical to start with historic ruins associated with Arthur.

With camera and journal in hand, the author set out to visit every site in southwest Britain where King Arthur might have set foot (and a few extra places to boot). Stops ranged from Arthur’s birthplace to the Iron Age hill-fort believed to have been Camelot. He also took side trips to Stonehenge and other Neolithic sites, and experienced a mystical waterfall.

The journey resulted in two novels and this fascinating travel memoir recalling the many interesting people and far-fetched theories he encountered there. Illustrated with over 90 pages of color photos, the book provides examples of how the author worked details from the trip into his novels, and also discusses whether King Arthur was a myth or a historical leader whose feats became exaggerated over millennia.

Also read about the two resulting novels:

Visit the Lancelot’s Grail web site

Photographs from the book of legendary sites

Camelot
Buried hill fort at Cadbury considered to be the likely site of Camelot.
Tintagel
Tintagel ruins, legendary birthplace of King Arthur.
King Arthur's Stone
Inscribed nine-foot-long King Arthur’s Stone, dated mid 6th century – located at Camelford, site of Arthur's final battle.
Glastonbury Cathedral
Glastonbury Cathedral where Lancelot buried Guinevere next to King Arthur. Their tombs were discovered by monks in 1191.
The Abbot's Kitchen
The Abbot's Kitchen where one of the main characters, Alura, works.
pigs on a spit
The kitchen’s cone-shaped roof created a draft for the fireplaces.
Ancient stone cider press
Ancient stone cider press. Frith, one of the main characters, brings the Abbot a cool drink of cider on a hot August day.
Merlin's Cave
Merlin's Cave beneath Tintagel castle.