Marooned on a sandbank with the sea closing in and the current about to drag him under, a boy braces for certain death, his final wish simply to glimpse heaven. Instead he wakes in a strange bed, where an old man sits by the fire with his dog – Arthur, the great warrior king of legend, who tells the boy of Camelot, chivalry, magic, evil and betrayal. An enchanting take on the legend of King Arthur from War Horse author and former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo, Arthur, High King of Britain is a gripping historical adventure from the master storyteller behind An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, Shadow, and An Elephant in the Garden. Michael Morpurgo has written more than forty books and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award and the Children’s Book Award, and has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal four times.
ISBN 13: 9781405239615
Author: Michael Morpurgo
