Published by Heinemann in 1977 at £3.90. There was a Companion Book Club edition in 1978, and it was included in the Penguin paperback of the trilogy in 1980.
This was the second part of a trilogy of novels re-telling the story of Arthur, called here Arturo. This covers his boyhood, his rebellion against Count Ambrosius, and his raising of a small force which attacks Saxon settlements. Durstan and Lancelo are recruited to his Company. He marries Daria, and she becomes pregnant.
There is still a strong narrative thread in this book, but the style is much more consciously archaic and 'bardic' than in the first book.
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 UK first edition |
 Penguin trilogy |
Index of characters, locations and themes in The Crimson Chalice trilogy |