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The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

De: Howard Pyle
Narrado por: David Thorn
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Howard Pyle (who also wrote The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood) weaves the tales of chivalrous Knights, the magic sword of Excalibur, the Magician Merlin the Wise, and the legendary Arthur, later to become King of Britain. Pyle describes bouts of jousting, and knightly jealousies played out in grand style. Even in our present day, these stories last and challenge us to be our best, truthful, brave, and always wanting to right wrongs to those who cannot speak up for themselves.

Howard Pyle was born on March 5, 1853 in Wilmington, Delaware. From the time he was a very small boy he loved pictures, especially the pictures in storybooks. Among his favorites were Grimm’s German Fairy Tales and Arabian Nights. At the age of twenty-one, Pyle began to contribute illustrations and fables to St. Nicholas magazine and later went on to write and illustrate books for children. His first was The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood in 1883.

Many more books followed, including Pepper and Salt; or, Seasoning for Young Folk, Otto of the Silver Hand, Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates, and The Story of King Arthur and His Knights. He also taught illustration at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and later set up his own art school in Wilmington. He died on November 9, 1911, in Florence, Italy.-Amazon.com

Public Domain (P)2006 Alcazar AudioWorks Clásicos Literatura y Ficción Artúrico Realeza Fantasía Mágico Young Adult Classics
Excellent Narration • Exciting Moments • Archetypal Stories • Classical Tales • Wonderful Adventures
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Not what I expected. I thought I would get the nice low pitch of a dudes voice...I did not.

Narrated by woman

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For a complete adult telling of the stories of King Arthur, listen to Malory or T. H. White, because Pyle’s The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is only the first of his books about Arthur, recounting Arthur’s birth and youth and winning of Excalibur and Guinevere, and then Merlin’s fate and the stories of Sir Pellias and Sir Gawaine. Moreover, Pyle moralizes after the episodes, telling us, for example, that although we may not literally become knights with swords, we may wield truth (Excalibur) and faith (its scabbard).

As for David Thorn’s reading, his nearly tongue-in-cheek delivery was perfect for Jonathan Stroud’s Heroes of the Valley, but almost seems out of place here, for Pyle reveres Arthur, “the most honorable, gentle Knight who ever lived in all the world,” and his knights, while Thorn’s heroes often sound nasally arrogant. And a woman reads Pyle’s chapter titles and descriptions with an American accent and syrupy manner, jarring next to Thorn’s British English. And each chapter closes with repetitive pseudo medieval music fit for a cheap computer game.

Nonetheless, there is much to enjoy and admire in this audiobook. Pyle assumes a vivid and muscular “medieval” style, as when Arthur jousts a knight “out of his saddle like a windmill—whirling in the air and smiting the earth so that the ground shuddered beneath him.” Or as when Arthur delivers some justice: “At this, the face of that knight fell all pale, like to ashes, and he emitted a sound similar to the sound made by a hare when the hound lays hold upon it. Then King Arthur catched him very violently by the arm, and he catched the locket and brake it away from about the knight's neck, and upon that the knight shrieked very loud, and fell down upon his knees and besought mercy of the King, and there was great uproar in that place.”

And the Story of King Arthur has plenty of exciting and humorous moments and scenes of sublime wonder and beauty. And knights, wizards, faeries, dastards, damsels, hermits, quests, enchantments, disguises, combats, loves, hates, oaths, betrayals, humiliations, machinations, and glorifications. Despite Pyle’s exaltation of Arthur and company, they are often humanly proud, foolish, seducible, and violent. And Thorn reads all with energy and accuracy.

An Entertaining Account of Arthur’s Early Days

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In my opinion, this book has great and perfect narration that fits the story well. And the story is a good one, though it was very predictable which is the only reason why I gave the story part four stars instead of five. I would really recommend this book.

Perfect narration that fits the wonderful story

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The man of today's society will benefit from it, he will learn what is being ask from a real man.

Beautiful Writing

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Narration and transition music was awesome. Had to choose to stay on the story cuz it's a "good historic tale*, THEN I enjoyed the stories. Good choice to" read" but had to choose it.

Classics = good life lessons & frames of reference

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This audiobook featured excellent narration by David Thorn, and well-written archetypal stories with plenty of archaic vocabulary words. Perfect for 11-12 year olds.

Knightly Virtues

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I annoyed it! I didn't want it to end! Long but I would recommend.

Great stories!

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For a complete adult telling of the stories of King Arthur, listen to Malory or T. H. White, because Pyle's The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is only the first of his books about Arthur, recounting Arthur's birth and youth and winning of Excalibur and Guinevere, and then Merlin's fate and the stories of Sir Pellias and Sir Gawaine. Moreover, Pyle moralizes after the episodes, telling us, for example, that although we may not literally become knights with swords, we may wield truth (Excalibur) and faith (its scabbard).

As for David Thorn's reading, his nearly tongue-in-cheek delivery was perfect for Jonathan Stroud's Heroes of the Valley, but almost seems out of place here, for Pyle reveres Arthur, "the most honorable, gentle Knight who ever lived in all the world," and his knights, while Thorn's heroes often sound nasally arrogant. And a woman reads Pyle's chapter titles and descriptions with an American accent and syrupy manner, jarring next to Thorn's British English. And each chapter closes with repetitive pseudo medieval music fit for a cheap computer game.

Nonetheless, there is much to enjoy and admire in this audiobook. Pyle assumes a vivid and muscular "medieval" style, as when Arthur jousts a knight "out of his saddle like a windmill "whirling in the air and smiting the earth so that the ground shuddered beneath him." Or as when Arthur delivers some justice: "At this, the face of that knight fell all pale, like to ashes, and he emitted a sound similar to the sound made by a hare when the hound lays hold upon it. Then King Arthur catched him very violently by the arm, and he catched the locket and brake it away from about the knight's neck, and upon that the knight shrieked very loud, and fell down upon his knees and besought mercy of the King, and there was great uproar in that place."

And the Story of King Arthur has plenty of exciting and humorous moments and scenes of sublime wonder and beauty. And knights, wizards, faeries, dastards, damsels, hermits, quests, enchantments, disguises, combats, loves, hates, oaths, betrayals, humiliations, machinations, and glorifications. Despite Pyle's exaltation of Arthur and company, they are often humanly proud, foolish, seducible, and violent. And Thorn reads all with energy and accuracy.

An Entertaining Account of Arthur???s Early Days

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The various King Arthur stories are always wonderful. This offering is called pleasant listen, with an emphasis on duty, honor, grace, and nobility.

Wonderful story and narration

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Awesome very historic great adventures
Love this book 📚 are there more?
Fabulous very interesting book

Loved it

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