King Arthur: The True Story

Because Graham Philips has a presence in 'the fringe' of ancient historical publications it might be imagined that this is a sensationalist book, full of jaw-dropping revelations. It isn't. If you seek that sought of entertainment, look elsewhere.It is, in fact, a very meticulous work, in which the authors are careful not to be drawn into regarding works as primary sources when it is possible that they could have been derived from earlier works (of no greater veracity). Only occasionally do they seem to stretch the evidence, and the general conclusion is for an Arthur who was a local figure in a world of competing Dark Age states.The main criticism is that there is a lot of travelling back and forth through time so that it is only quite some considerable way through that we read a history of the end of Roman Britain, and meet such important figures as Constantine III. I am also uncertain as to why it is claimed (as in all schoolbooks) that the last legions (read troops) left Britain in A.D. 410, when the last certain evacuation (actually venture) was in 407 under the aformentioned Constintime III. Also the question of why the Notitia Dignitatum, dating to about AD 429, lists considerable garrison forces in Britain is not really tackled.That aside, if you keep notes on what happened when as you go through, a plausible picture of the period of Arthur emerges.A worthy addition to all Arthurian libraries.

Very clearly argued exposition of what we know and what the most likely sequence of events actually was. Gives some insight into the Dark Ages, which I learnt mostly from this book. Very interesting, even without Arthur! Not that many possibilities is what the writer usually argues, for fairly clear reasons, and then find out that only one of them could really have been.Nice mix of archaeology and literary evidence, so includes the modern radiocarbon dating techniques to distinguish between e.g. two rival stories. Also, although the writers are clearly a bit excited by Arthur and also definitely not on the side of the Anglo-Saxons, they remain objective throughout.There's been some more work done since the book was written, you should check out the likely discovery of a body at the likely location of Arthur's final resting site. No digging allowed for now, though - it's an important site.ALSO, DEFINITELY CHECK OUT OTHER WORKS BY THE AUTHORS.

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The authors of this book have managed to give their readers a very convincing account of the history of Britain in the 5th and early 6th centuries. With only the minimum of historic data to work with, and with reasonable assumptions, they have pieced together a story that explains the legendary King Arthur. I have always found this particular era of British history confusing and lacking detail. This book has cleared many doubts in my mind, and although there will probably never be enough evidence to corroborate the conclusions presented in this book, I found it really interesting and highly plausible. This book is a must for all people interested in King Arthur and his legend.

Written more as a academic piece than an easy read historical book, that said I found the book informative and enjoyable. It has made me consider the stories of King Arthur in a new light, taken a figure from mythology and placed them into history.

The first such book I read, at the time of its initial release, this is an interesting and compelling proposal for the existence of a real 'Arthur' figure, even if he was not so named. Much of Phillips' other work relies on this research as a basis, though they can all be read alone. Well worth a read.

I bought this as I was excited to see someone daring to question and prove with evidence who King Arthur really was etc...But only two days after I ordered, and we'll before the book arrived (it took probably a couple of weeks) I discovered Ralph Ellis on YouTube and his history analysis on the mystery of King Arthur was just mind blowing, I mean, this man Ralph is amazing, the archaeologists don't like Ralph very much or Graham Philips because it is very difficult to admit for hundreds of years our histortorians and archaeologists have got a lot wrong.This book by Graham Philips is good if you haven't heard Ralph Ellis talk about King Arthur... find Ralph on Facebook or YouTube..... Ralph not Graham is really really onto something we should all know about :-)

Whilst it's a stretch to call this a "true" story, it is reasonably well researched and an engaging read. Food for thought if not entirely convincing.