The Death of King Arthur Quotes

“There is one person who can save you, sire.’ ‘Who is that?’ ‘Merlin. The great magician. He is the man who made the abbey church of Derby disappear into the earth. He will know how to heal you. He will find a cure.’ ‘Bring him before me. Let him work his magic on my poor bones.”
― Peter Ackroyd, The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend

“In the old wild days of the world there was a king of England known as Uther Pendragon; he was a dragon in wrath as well as in power.”
― Peter Ackroyd, The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend

“Ah,’ Arthur cried out, ‘I have never known one month of repose since I took up the crown. I have lost the key to contentment.”
― Peter Ackroyd, The Death of King Arthur