Arthurian Chronicles

In an orchard, a trusted courtier draws close to King Constantine as if to whisper a secret—and kills him with a knife. His heir is a monk, his younger sons still children, and Vortigern sees his chance.

In legendary Britain, the crown passes amid fear of invasion and a realm left without a grown heir. Vortigern, a Welsh earl praised for his courtesy and counsel, persuades the young Constant to leave his abbey and take the throne. But the new king soon yields power to the man who raised him up. With smooth words, Vortigern gathers the kingdom’s strongholds and riches, then summons the Picts, whose praise may serve his designs. In Wace’s vivid medieval chronicle, loyalty is hard to distinguish from ambition—and a king’s crown may be only the first prize. What is Vortigern’s true purpose?

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