{"product_id":"king-arthurs-last-battle-arthurs-death-in-america-2","title":"King Arthur's Last Battle: Arthur's Death in America","description":"\"\u003cp class=\"ql-align-justify\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eHardcover: Dust Jacket, Case Bound, Blue Cloth, gold lettering on spine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"ql-align-justify\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;\"\u003eThis new study resolves important historical issues and shows that the current idea that Arthur was a myth is unlikely to be true. Robert MacCann places Arthur into a historical setting where his relationship to known kings is established, his location is shown, and his dating to the late 400s - early 500s is confirmed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"ql-align-justify\" style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli class=\"ql-align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eBuilding on the work of Welsh historian, John Lloyd, he identifies Arthur's father, Uthr, with Einion Yrth, who conquered the Irish in north Wales. He shows that the epithets \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"text-indent: -18pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eUthr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"text-indent: -18pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eYrth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e have the same meaning and that Uthr and Einion lived at the same time and same location, in Rhôs, north Wales.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;\"\u003eDr MacCann investigates the Merlin figure and the historical poet, Taliesin and shows that neither was connected to the historical Arthur. From the work of Geraint Gruffydd he identifies Arthur's bard as Talhaearn, who was called the 'father of (poetic) inspiration' and was the leading bard of the sixth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;\"\u003eThe heart of MacCann's thesis is Arthur's tragic voyage to Annwfyn, identified from features in the poetry as America. He brings together all the early poetic and prose sources to give a complete picture of Arthur's death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;\"\u003eArthur's time was one of climate disasters. The first in AD 531 was probably caused by clumping in Halley's meteoroid trail and the other in 536 by volcanic eruptions. The latter caused cold conditions, followed in Wales by the Yellow Pestilence. Arthur's mysterious death and these disasters led to the view that he was ill-fated and to a superstition in Wales against using his name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;\"\u003eHe analyzes claims for pre-Columbian visits to America: Madoc; the Irish in West Virginia; the slaughter of a white people in Kentucky; the DNA of bones dated to 710, found near 'Ogam' marks; and ancient Roman coins found in America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\"","brand":"Imperator Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47658517659952,"sku":"9780994510266","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9780994510266.jpg?v=1728561723","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/king-arthurs-last-battle-arthurs-death-in-america-2","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}