[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: King Arthur Books

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

> > Milz (who owns only one book about King Arthur--"Idylls of the
>King"
> > by Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

Susan wrote:
>You have Tennyson but not Mallory? Hmmm
>


As an Anne fan, I prefer the Tennyson to the Malory.  Then again, I just 
like Tennyson's work.  ;-)

I think I was actually introduced to Camelot via the Time-Life "The 
Enchanted World" series--anyone else remember that?  There were several 
books--coffee table sized with fantastic illustrations and sidenotes--my 
grandparents purchased "Dragons", "Fairies and Elves", "Ghosts", "Witches 
and Wizards", and "Legends of Valor" for my uncle (and I feel like I'm 
forgetting one) when I was around 6... he was 18 and not all that 
interested.  I remember *devouring* the books every time I spent the night 
over my grandparents' house... and most recently re-read them when I spent 
Christmas and New Year's with grandma.

I've considered asking for them.  I know my grandmother would gladly give 
them to me--I've inherited a great deal of my uncle's old books--but I'm a 
little hesitant.  When I was a kid, I was a little afraid of those books.  
It's almost as if I felt the magic they described was real... and the ghosts 
and demons and dragons would come get me if I slept in the same room.


--Ebony (who just purchased *The Mists of Avalon* today and can't wait to 
read it)
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