Calico Illustrated Classics: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 A Secret Birth 4 CHAPTER 2 The Sword in the Stone 12 CHAPTER 3 The New King 19 CHAPTER 4 The Black Knight 25 CHAPTER 5 The Black Knight Revealed 33 CHAPTER 6 Excalibur 39 CHAPTER 7 The Sheath’s Power 45 CHAPTER 8 A King in Disguise 50 CHAPTER 9 The White Champion 58 CHAPTER 10 The Duke’s Downfall 63 CHAPTER 11 The Round Table 69 CHAPTER 12 A Royal Wedding 75 CHAPTER 13 Morgana’s Evil Plan 80 CHAPTER 14 Merlin’s Fate 88 CHAPTER 15 Morgana’s Trickery Continues 93 CHAPTER 16 A Battle Between Friends 99 CHAPTER 17 Forever Gone 107
other was Morgana le Fay who became a famous sorceress After Gerlois’s death Igraine married Uther Pendragon He loved her children as if they were his own Soon after they were married Uther-Pendragon and Igraine were to have a son Merlin came to Uther-Pendragon with a warning Lord in the near future thee will become sick and die Your child will be in great danger Many enemies will try to kill him to prevent him from becoming our next ruler Please permit Sir Ulfius and myself to hide him until he can guard himself from such dangers Uther-Pendragon replied I shall face death bravely and with cheerfulness if that’s what is planned for me As for my child if thy prophecy is true then the danger is great Thou must take him to a safe place He will be the most precious gift that I leave this land On the day the baby was born Igraine wrapped him in blankets and placed him in a cradle made of gold He was beautiful and 5
