The Quest for Arthur: Quest for

King Arthur of the Britons - the Celtic hero supreme. But was he a king? Where did he come from? Wales? England? In this remarkable new book Stuart McHardy re-investigates the 19th century idea that Arthur originated in Scotland. Combining interpretation of the earliest written sources with a revolutionary new approach to the content of orally transmitted traditional tale she has come up with a picture of Arthur unlike any before. Stripping away the later romanticised notions of a feudal king surrounded by fair maidens and jousting knights McHardy takes us back to a 6th century Britain where battle was endemic amongst the tribes and no warrior would follow a man he did not honour. Into this ancient society a new force came that changed things forever.