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This is the first in the series and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who wants a new slant on the King Arthur saga. This book is told from the viewpoint of Peleas, a Pictish blacksmith. The other two books are told from the perspectives of Morgan, Arthur's half-sister, and Mordred, who turns out to be not so evil a fellow. Together they will leave you with a very well researched and compelling look back into a time that might have been.


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In the Shadow of the Oak King Courtway Jones 9780671734046 Books Reviews

This is how the Arthurian legend should have gone. The story fills in the gaps that a typical King Arthur story fails to address. By the end of this epic tail you will have come to love these characters through crying, laughing and cheering for them.
This book was one of the first purchases I was able to make with my own money. I bought it when it first came out back in the early 90's when I was in middle school and finally had a few bucks from washing dishes.

I can say it was $7.99 well spent. I've almost worn this book ragged from countless rereads. Pelleas is an old friend...

I may be slightly jaded by middle school eyes, but it's a great read and a great addition to the Arthurian collections.
This book is one of my all time favorites. It would do well as a movie. I wish the author wrote more! I crave more of his writing. The characters are so well developed, I feel like I'd recognize them if I saw them on the street. I wish there were a book that told the story from Myrrdins POV and what he did while away, but would read a grocery list from this author of it were published!
"In the Shadow of the Oak King" by Courtway Jones, © 1991

This takes a lot of the mystery out of the legend of King Arthur. In the foreword, the author makes it clear that the previous version by Sir Mallory is flawed and he intends to set to rights the proper historical setting. As far as I can see, does that just fine. Merlin becomes Myrddin, a blacksmith, Arthur has a half-brother, and there is fighting all over the place between the Picts and Gaels, the Picts and Saxons, the Gaels and Saxons, etc. etc. In places it is necessary that the language differences be explained, as this book is written in English, not Pict or Gaelic or Latin. When the people speak in one language, the hearers, intended or unintended, whether they understand it or not is sometimes important. Mayhaps an editorial devise like italics or different fonts should have been used, but that brings in problems that are easily avoided by writing in the explanations.
I can see that the story has a lot to go King Arthur is not yet twenty and the story goes to the end of his life. It is a repeat of the King David to Solomon story, you know, everyone gets in a huff and all the knights fight for different sides and everyone gets killed. It is not going to be a happy story.
An alternate telling of the traditional Arthurian Legend, this was a take on it that I didn't expect but absolutely love.
This is the first in the series and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who wants a new slant on the King Arthur saga. This book is told from the viewpoint of Peleas, a Pictish blacksmith. The other two books are told from the perspectives of Morgan, Arthur's half-sister, and Mordred, who turns out to be not so evil a fellow. Together they will leave you with a very well researched and compelling look back into a time that might have been.