Velikij korol' Artur, nepobedimyj vozhd' brittov, uspeshno protivostoyal zavoevatelyam-saksam, uchredil rycarskij orden Kruglogo stola, za kotorym vse byli ravny mezhdu soboj. I pust' istoricheskaya pravda pogrebena v toj davnej ehpohe bol'shih peremen, velikogo pereseleniya narodov i stremitel'no zarozhdayushchihsya i ischezayushchih carstv, zavesa proshlogo priotkryvaetsya pered nami siloj pisatel'skogo talanta Bernarda Kornuehlla. Britaniya VI veka. Artur, nezakonnyj syn verhovnogo korolya Utera, dobivaetsya ob"e;edineniya razroznennyh korolevstv brittov, chtoby sovmestnymi usiliyami vygnat' zahvatchikov s rodnoj zemli. Posle pobedy v Lugg-Vejle mechta Artura blizka k voploshcheniyu, no ego plany razrushaet predatel'stvo nepomerno chestolyubivoj zheny Gvinevery i blizkogo druga Lanselota. Odnako duh vozhdya brittov, prozvannogo Vragom Bozh'im, ne tak-to legko slomit'. Vtoroj roman iz trilogii o legendarnom korole-polkovodce Arture, proniknutyj duhom podlinnoj Istorii.
ISBN: | 9785389137868 |
Publication date: | 7th November 2017 |
Author: | Bernard Cornwell |
Publisher: | Azbooka |
Format: | Ebook |
Primary Genre | Historical Fiction |
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Born in Essex in 1944 Bernard Cornwell was adopted at the age of six weeks by two members of a strict fundamentalist sect called the Peculiar People. He grew up in a household that forbade alcohol, cigarettes, dances, television, conventional medicine and toy guns. Not surprisingly, he developed a fascination for military adventure. As a teenager he devoured CS Forester’s Hornblower novels and tried to enlist three times. Poor eyesight put paid to his dream, instead he went to university to read theology. On graduating, he became a teacher, then joined BBC’s Nationwide, working his way up ...
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