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Meeting King Arthur
No, I haven’t actually met the man! A reader in Canada has asked me to recommend some reading on the subject of King Arthur: he’d like to know more. Well, I’ll try. The only problem is, people all over...
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A Leader Who Murdered His Country
As our own leaders scramble to see how many illegal aliens they can jam into America in time for the next presidential election, it reminds me of an ancient king who actually succeeded in destroying...
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My Enhanced Bio
Here are a couple of my friends at Arthur’s court. They let you take pictures now. I read somewhere that an author can sell more books if he’s had an interesting life. I have decided that makes sense....
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The Beast of Bodmin–Is It Real?
e Is there a dangerous wild cat stalking the moors of Cornwall, Bodmin Moor in particular, preying on livestock–and the odd hiker? Here in New Jersey we have the Jersey Devil, but over there they’ve...
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Encore, ‘A Soldier of the Cross’
I’m posting this hymn again because the times cry out for it: Am I a Soldier of the Cross, words by Isaac Watts, sung by Andy Kenway. Listen to the lyrics. I’ll bear the sword, endure the pain,...
View ArticleMemory Lane: Sir Lancelot
My mother was a voracious reader with a love of history and legend, and she passed it on to me. I grew up on stories of King Arthur and his knights, especially her two favorites, Sir Lancelot and Sir...
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The Sword in the Stone: True Story
Marge has asked me to explain how I figured out the story of young King Arthur drawing the sword from the stone, and thus becoming king, was a true story. Here’s my argument: Herodotus said the...
View Article‘In Search of Merlin’ (2014)
Sometimes being a scholar means you can just say any old thing you want, and still get it published. Go ahead–try and track down Merlin somewhere in the wilderness of history, with Professor Norma...
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A Rainy Sunday, and King Arthur
I ordered this book last week, and have been devouring it. Just can’t put it down. All right, I’m a King Arthur buff. It’s my mother’s fault for telling me stories of Sir Lancelot. She could’ve had no...
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Was King Arthur a Winner or a Failure?
I reviewed J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published book, The Fall of Arthur, for Chalcedon a few years ago–one of my better articles, if I do say so myself....
View Article‘I Need Thee Every Hour’ (in Welsh)
In Welsh it’s “Mae d’eisiau di bob awr,” and we know it as I Need Thee Every Hour. Don’t you find that if you know the melody, the hymn will speak to you no matter what language it’s sung in? King...
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‘My Enhanced Bio’ (2015)
You name it, I’ve been there I’ve been saving this post for a time when something just has to be done to pump up this blog’s readership; and that time is now....
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Was This Man King Arthur?
In any lifelong search for the reality of King Arthur, one is bound to stumble over someone called “Riothamus,” or “Rigotamus.” In the ancient British language it means “great king,” so it might not...
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King Arthur’s Sword
The Gundestrup Cauldron Some new archaeological discoveries in France have shed more light on the legend of King Arthur. Sites dated to around 300 B.C., when France was still Gaul, before the Romans...
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‘Review of Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur’ (2013)
King Arthur–whether he was ever really a king or not–eludes historical precision. But for some fifteen hundred years he was, after the Bible itself, the story, the earthly representative, of...
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‘The Sword in the Stone: True Story’ (2017)
I’ve always wondered how much of King Arthur’s story is historically true. I’ve been studying it since I was a boy, and my conclusion is: probably most of it. Like, for instance, that bit about the...
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I’m Following My Editor’s Advice (and King Arthur’s Sword)
Conferring with Susan, my editor, this morning, her advice to me was to top off my sanity tank by letting go of the nooze and working on my book all day. I’ve been doing that, and I feel saner...
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‘The Sword in the Stone: True Story’ (2017)
When all seemed hopeless, along came a young warrior to lead the British people to unlooked-for victories that ensured their survival. And his career started with him pulling a sword from a stone. The...
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‘In Search of Merlin’ (2017)
It’s the last day of the year, New Year’s Eve–and Merlin has been on my mind. Maybe because so many pictures make him look like Father Time. A lot of people think of him as some kind of Druid...
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‘The Sword in the Stone: True Story’ (2017)
I like to post this essay now and then because we need a hero like King Arthur, blessed by God and able to win impossible victories to deliver us from our pagan enemies. The Sword in the Stone: True...
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