His kingdom was magical, his knights were loyal, and his life was filled with adventure... Young Arthur Pendragon became High King of England the instant he pulled the mysterious sword from within the stone. He unlocked the magic within the sword Excalibur, and won the heart of the Lady Guenever. At his side through quests and adventures were the Knights of the Round Table—among Gawain, who faced certain death at the hands of the Green Knight; Percival, who learned that it took more than a victory on horseback to win a place at the Round Table; and Lancelot, who daily felt a passion he was forced to hide. And over them all ruled Arthur, true King... "Stands far beyond any Arthurian collection for young readers."— Times Literary Supplement "Other than Malory, I can think of no better introduction to the whole sweep of Arthurian stories."— School Library Journal, starred review

A retelling of the adventures of King Arthur's knights, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Bors, and Sir Percival, as they search for the Holy Grail.

The evil Mordred, plotting against his father King Arthur, implicates the Queen and Sir Lancelot in treachery and brings about the downfall of Camelot and the Round Table. King Arthur knew that the darkest days of his kingdom were at hand. There were rumors in his court of love between Sir Lancelot, the Round Table's greatest knight, and Queen Guenever. And Mordred, Arthur's illegitimate son, had arrived at Camelot—vowing to destroy everything it stood for and to gain the throne for himself. Whether or not the fellowship of the Round Table could survive would be decided at the last terrible battle—on the plain of Camlann. In The Road to Camlann, Rosemary Sutcliff recreates the epic and tragic story of the last years of Camelot, bringing to a fitting conclusion her magnificent trilogy of retellings of the Arthurian legends that she began with The Sword and the Circle and The Light Beyond the Forest. Contents: The darkness beyond the door—The poisoned apple—Guenever rides a'Maying—The queen's chamber—Two castles—The usurper—The last battle—Avalon of the apple trees.

The legends of King Arthur and his knights have passed down through the generations since medieval times. In this spellbinding trilogy, Rosemary Sutcliff recreates all the mystique and mystery of the golden age of Camelot for a new generation.