The Fall of Arthur

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Book Overview

The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur, king of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur's expedition overseas into distant heathen lands, of Guinevere's flight from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544227832
• ISBN13: 9780544227835
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.1"