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One of the best of the Great Books series, is Le Morte D'Athur.
Bernie444429 April 2024
Le Morte D'Athur (Brittan 450 A. D.) is one of the best of a series of subjects on great books. In this case, it is more of how the Arthurian legend originated and now permeates our society.

The narrator is Donald Sutherland and executive editor Walter Cronkite. There are film shots from Star Wars and old manuscripts. They even refer to President Kennedy. Also included is Monty Python. There is a scene from 1993 of the annual Renascence Pleasure Festival in San Bernadino California. Where they pull the sward from the stone.

"This is a book about power, about love, about betrayal. This is a political story about a hero that saved the world and lost it."

Left out is any mention of Marion Zimmer Bradley (The Mists of Avalon.) There is a quicky on Avalon (the Isle of Apples) told by Geoffrey Ashe historian.
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