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Post 2. #mythsandlegendsswap

This is the second part of my box.
It's that amazing it got it's own post... @shanaqui handmade me the bookmark which is my favourite of all time also I hand written story to go with it and a months supply of chocolate.
You truly are a gifted lady 🙏💖😍

@MeganAnn

This is great. As a Welsh person, I'd love to think of Arthur as an historical Welsh king, but Higham makes it very very clear that there is no proof at all for the existence of any such person. The references are extensive, the analysis is on point, and Higham allows no sentimentality to cloud the issue. I think some view this as spoiling the fun, but to me Arthur is better this way. You can have your Arthur, and I'll have mine; they're all true.

Here's my book selection for the next five days while I'm in Belgium... plus my ereader, of course. Nicely eclectic, I think: SF, fantasy, mystery, history of women's embroidery and a book on the historical King Arthur!

Wonder how many I'll finish... I guess it'll depend on how long my Belgian in-laws try to speak English for me before telling me it's okay to go off into a corner and read!

This seems reassuringly thorough, so far! The historical Arthur is not entirely my wheelhouse even when I was studying, since I did lit, but the bibliography is reassuringly thorough and features names I recognise. The first chapter is very thorough on the assumptions and things to note about the Lucius Artorius Castus theory -- and thus demolishes it almost entirely.