Stories of King Arthur
2014
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In this collection of two spellbinding stories, War Horse author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo brings the legendary King Arthur to life. High King of Marooned on a sandbank, the boy faces certain death. With the sea closing in, his final wish is to see heaven. Waking up in a strange bed, he sees an old man sitting by the fire. It is Arthur, the great warrior king of legend, and from his lips, the boy hears of a world of magic, evil and betrayal...The Sleeping When Bun Bendle is struck blind, he feels like he is drowning in blackness. The discovery of an ancient tomb and a strangely familiar sword will change him forever. These gripping historical adventures could only have come from the master storyteller of Private Peaceful, An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, 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, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.
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Author
Michael Morpurgo
Author · 162 books
Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to youth. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2004. He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity. He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life. Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books.
