THE LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 6 February 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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The Legend of King Arthur is one of the most enduring legends known to man. This version is the best starting point from which to explore the many versions of King Arthur to be found in literature. Si Beag, Si More by The Wild Rovers, supporters of this show contact at DustyStrings@verizon.net
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| 0:00.0 | Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. I'm going to. The Oh, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories and tales, this one the classic tale of King Arthur |
| 0:56.8 | at all the legend that surrounded him. |
| 1:00.2 | The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable is the most powerful and enduring |
| 1:04.8 | legend in the Western world. |
| 1:07.2 | We have no proof that King Arthur, Guinevere, and Sir Lancelot existed, but their names |
| 1:12.4 | Comger up a romantic image of gallant knights in shining armour, |
| 1:16.4 | elegant ladies in medieval castles, heroic quests for the holy grail in a world of honor and romance and the court of Camelot at the center of a royal and mystical |
| 1:27.1 | Britain and historians believe they have located a famous Arthur that led troops against the Romans and the Saxons in the late fifth |
| 1:35.2 | the early sixth century. |
| 1:37.5 | But the search still goes on for the roundtable. |
| 1:40.2 | Arthur is a central figure in the legends making up the matter of Britain. |
| 1:45.0 | In the 21st century, the legend lives on, |
| 1:48.0 | not only in literature, but also in adaptations for theater, film, television, comics, and other media. |
| 1:55.0 | I have a hunch, Arthur is going to be with us for a long low. |
| 1:59.0 | And I've chosen to give you a modernized and modified version of Geophria Monmus in two parts. |
| 2:07.6 | And now the Legend of King Arthur, Part 1. Long years ago, they ruled over Britain a king called Uther Pendregon. |
| 2:22.0 | A mighty prince was he and feared by all men. Yet, when he sought |
| 2:26.8 | the love of the fair e-grain of Cornwall, she would have not to do with him so that from grief and disappointment |
| 2:34.0 | Arthur fell sick and at last seemed like to die. |
| 2:38.0 | Now in those days there lived a famous magician named Merlin so powerful that he could change his form at will |
| 2:46.0 | or even make himself invisible nor was there any place so remote but that he could reach |
| 2:52.3 | it at once merely by wishing himself there. |
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