by Jack Whyte
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Jack Whyte has written a lyrical epic, retelling the myths behind the boy who would become the Man Who Would Be King--Arthur Pendragon. He has shown us, as Diana Gabaldon said, "the bone beneath the flesh of legend." In his last book in this series, we witnessed the young king pull the sword from the stone and begin his journey to greatness. Now we reach the tale itself-how the most shining court in history was made.
Clothar is a young man of promise. He has been sent from the wreckage of Gaul to one of the few schools remaining, where logic and rhetoric are taught along with battle techniques that will allow him to survive in the cruel new world where the veneer of civilization is held together by barbarism. He is sent by his mentor on a journey to aid another young man: Arthur Pendragon. He is a man who wants to replace barbarism with law, and keep those who work only for destruction at bay. He is seen, as the last great hope for all that is good.
Clothar is drawn to this man, and together they build a dream too perfect to last--and, with a special woman, they share a love that will nearly destroy them all...
The name of Clothar may be unknown to modern readers, for tales change in the telling through centuries. But any reader will surely know this heroic young man as well as they know the man who became his king. Hundreds of years later, chronicles call Clothar, the Lance Thrower, by a much more common name.
That of Lancelot.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Book Eight in the Camulod Series, 2008-04-10
Jack Whyte was born and raised in Scotland, but has lived in Canada for the last forty odd years. He is the author of the Camulod series of books and has just had published the first in a trilogy about probably the most famous Order of knights, ever to come through the pages of history, the Knights Templar.
This is the eighth volume in the continuation of the Camulod Chronicles a series of novels about the Arthurian legends. But anyone expecting the conventional, or Hollywood slant on the legend of Arthur, i.e. knights riding around on destriers in full body armour, something invented several hundred years after Arthur had gone to his grave, if he ever existed at all, will be in for a sharp shock.
The books are set in the 5th century AD a much more likely time for Arthur to have existed, a time when Britain, although free of the Romans, who had gone back across the channel to Rome, was still very much influenced by their occupation.
Granted Jack Whyte's version of the Arthurian legends does not sit well with everybody, but if you forget what you have read before about Arthur and after all that is only information published earlier by Sir Thomas Mallory and has very little credibility in historical terms, and treat the books on their own merits then many will find them not only readable, but also enjoyable.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 The Lance Thrower - Jack Whyte, 2008-02-13
A friend, who knows my taste in books put me on to Jack Whyte some time ago. I found a copy of The Skystone, read it, then went out and bought the rest of the series. The Lance Thrower continues with what I describe as a 'can't put down' book. Mr Whyte certainly knows how to capture one's attention and I love the way a jolly good yarn is woven around a little of the history of Britain. An awesome read.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 A disappointment, 2007-08-01
Having devoured all Whyte's other books in the Camulod Chronicles series I looked forward to this with relish. I bought it ages ago and still have only got half way throught it. The magic has completely gone. Let's hope his latest book is back up to his earlier standards.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
This book is essential to the series, 2007-07-25
Wow! I don't think I've ever seen so many bad reviews of a Jack Whyte novel.
Those who think that this book was unessential to the series, think on this: Whyte is sticking as close as he can to the Legend, which in this case says that Lancelot was the most pious and humble of the knights, and the greatest. One reviewer complained about the religious portion and Germanicus. I didn't find that overwhelming or offensive at all. What Whyte is doing is demonstrating how Lancelot became so pious, but in a plausible way. He has done this in all the books so far.
What I liked the most about this one was the way Whyte showed Lancelot's humility. It did not come across contrived or fake in any way. That's hard to do.
So I'll finish the series in spite of the bad reviews for Eagle, and hope that it's not as horrible as Uther was.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Where are these other reviewers coming from???!!!!, 2007-03-19
In my opinion, this book is an excellent addition to the series. I don't understand the complaints from the other reviewers. This book is set up just like all the others and likewise is just as good. It can be a stand alone book much in the same context as "Uther"; but it also brings us up to speed on parallel events that will soon intersect in Camelot. It introduces us to a new character, Clothar (Lancelot), and follows his story. Of course, like in most of the other books, the narrator's story is not directly about the main Arthurian Legend, but moves mostly in parallel only intersecting the direct Arthurian Legend in key places. But this has been much the way the entire series has run: 1st narrator is Publius Varrus but the Legend is Caius Britannicus and the establishing of Camelot, the second Narrator is Merlyn but the Legend is primarily Uther and Arthur, and now the narrator is Lancelot and the Legend is still Arthur. If you recognize that this has always been Whyte's style in this series, and have an open mind, you will enjoy the book. If you are expecting a detailed telling and resolution of the Arthurian legend then you may be disappointed. But then if that is the case you would have been disappointed all along.
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