Theo Pendragon Proctor

[watervole]

Theo Pendragon Proctor

The Pendragon (which I like) is a nod to 'Pending'. A friend misheard it as 'Pendragon' and my son's middle name is Arthur, so it's rather a nice fit.

Can anyone recommend a good modern collection of the Arthurian stories?  I'd like to get Oswin that for Xmas. (She's 10, but reads at a higher level)

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[igenlode]

Not at all modern, but I enjoyed Rosemary Sutcliff's 'traditional' retelling of the Arthurian legends when I was in middle school (especially the first volume "The Sword and the Circle" -- the others are a little more 'emotionally mature' despite being well within the technical reading ability of a precocious child. Most children don't enjoy tragedy much, and the Grail is bittersweet and the downfall of Arthur's reign downright tragic.) And they are still in print, and still getting rave reviews.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/King-Arthur-Trilogy-Circle-Camlann/product-reviews/0099401649/

[watervole]

Sounds like exactly what I want. I've just ordered a copy from World of Books!

[igenlode]

I hope you -- and she! -- enjoy it :-)
Very poetical and yet simple in style, as one would expect from Sutcliff... and now that I think of it, one of those books was responsible for what must have been some of my earliest attempts at fanfiction, but what I thought of at the time as 'continued conversations': trying to come up with what might have been said between the characters.