Koning Arthur trilogie

by Jaap ter Haar

In deze trilogie zijn drie van zijn ridderromans opgenomen: de beroemde legende over koning Arthur en zijn Ronde Tafelridders, het ontroerende verhaal over de liefde tussen Tristan en Isolde en het verhaal over de stoere ridder Parcival.

Genres: History

432 pages, Hardcover

First published November 16, 2006

About the author

Dutch historian and author of children's books and mythology.

After the second world war, Ter Haar became a war correspondent in Indonesia.

As a hobby he started writing childeren's story. Later he started producing radio drama's.

Reviews

[Dyslexic Bookmonster · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked it, I did. Arthurian stories have always held a special place somewhere inside me, this time however...

I missed Morgana, she was not mentioned, not once. The whole 'incident' between her and Arthur from which came Mordred was never told in this version of Arthur. Merlin was a 'simple human' without a single magical power.
And there was this guy called Guy who never before was present in an Arthurian tale. At least, not to my knowledge. And his puns were fun to read, but not enough for me to like his character and believe him relevant to the story. I would have prefered that his 'screentime' would have been given to Guinevere, to make her a stronger and a more important character to the story.

But, most of all, I was quite bummed out that Morgana made no appearance...

I did read Tristan and Isolde, but it felt like I was just re-reading Arthur, only with different names... So I did not bother reading Percival.

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grabbed it because I like the stories of King Arthur, but I had difficulties getting through it but all in all I liked it

[René Van leeuwen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Klassiek verhaal mooi beschreven. Ouderwetse kwaliteit.