Thomas Bulfinch's whole mythic world — the gods of Olympus, King Arthur's Round Table, the Mabinogeon, Beowulf and the paladins of Charlemagne — told as stories, the way 1913 read them.

Queen Guenever's Peril

2 pages in this part of The Outline of Mythology.

Queen Guenever's Peril

IT happened at this time that Queen Guenever was thrown into great peril of her life. A certain squire who was in her immediate service…

Queen Guenever's Peril: Mador

Some time after Sir Mador, brother of the murdered knight, arrived at Arthur's court in quest of him. While hunting in the forest he by…

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