Episode #87- Was There a Real King Arthur? (Part III)
Our Fake History
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🗓️ 7 May 2019
⏱️ 67 minutes
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| 0:46.9 | In 1996, a Scottish author named David Carroll published a book called Arterius, a quest for Camelot, |
| 1:03.9 | where he claimed that he had discovered the real historical figure who had inspired King Arthur. |
| 1:11.4 | The book was a somewhat minor addition to a fat catalog of books about the true identity of the legendary King. |
| 1:20.4 | But then, 22 years later, in the summer of 2018, David Carroll started feeling cocky. |
| 1:29.9 | Perhaps he thought that his conclusions about Arthur's true identity had been unfairly overlooked. |
| 1:36.9 | Maybe he just wanted to drum up sales for a book that was now over two decades old. |
| 1:42.9 | But whatever his motivations may have been, in July of 2018, David Carroll put out a press release, |
| 1:50.9 | declaring that he would personally pay a prize of 50,000 pounds to anyone who could conclusively disprove his theory that King Arthur was in fact a 6th century Scottish war leader. |
| 2:06.4 | It was a bold move, and it seemed to do the trick of getting Carroll a bit of publicity. |
| 2:12.9 | The story of his 50,000 pound prize was picked up by some local papers in the UK, including a Scottish paper known as the National that favors Scottish independence. |
| 2:25.9 | Apparently, the idea that King Arthur was really Scottish fit well with their editorial perspective. |
| 2:34.4 | But hilariously, it was barely two weeks later before someone came forward to claim Carroll's 50,000 pound prize. |
| 2:44.9 | The claimant was Adrian Grant, another Scottish author and amateur arthorologist who had also written a book about the true identity of King Arthur. |
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