Wanting to escape the harried here and now, I opened T.H. White’s “The Once and Future King” I’d first read in 1958 at seventeen. I settled in to recapture ...

as told through Merlin – Arthur’s magician – that the act could not be performed except by ‘the true king’, meaning the divinely appointed king or true heir of Uther Pendragon – who al ...

he was the son of King Uther Pendragon and Igraine, the wife of Duke Gorlois of Cornwall. Uther, with the help of the wizard Merlin, used magical means to deceive Igraine and conceive Arthur.

The myth of King Arthur (Nigel Terry) brought once again to the screen. Uthur Pendragon (Gabriel Byrne) is given the mystical sword Excalibur by the wizard Merlin. At his death, Uthur buries the ...

Igraine gives birth to Arthur at Tintagel, and later marries Pendragon. According to Geoffrey, it is Arthur who quells the Saxon threat during his reign. He goes on to conquer much of northern ...

The Winter King A bold reimagining of the Arthurian legend, following Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast son to renowned warrior and leader. Returning to the land he's been banished from ...