One of the immortals in Anderson's The Boat Of A Million Years did visit a possible original of Camelot but he did this between chapters. And he disclosed it to Cardinal Richelieu, yet another historical figure in a novel by Anderson.
An Arthurian novel by Anderson could have been historical fiction about the original of Arthur or historical fantasy in which Merlin's magic worked or even historical science fiction involving psychics powers, extraterrestrial incursions or time travel. But, given the quantity of Arthurian volumes out there, I am grateful that instead the Andersons gave us the four volume King Of Ys.
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Hi, Paul!
Hmm, I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere, possibly in one of the notes the Andersons wrote for THE KING OF YS, that they intended their tale about Gratillonius, the last king of Ys, as showing the roots of the Arthurian mythos.
Sean,
It would be good if you could dig that out.
A copy of KIM has arrived at my public library, borrowed from another library.
Paul.
Hi, Paul!
I'll try, altho my recollection is so vague that I might easily be wrong in what Is said above. I do think the "real Arthur" was most likely a Romano-Briton war leader or "Duke" struggling, with perhaps some local, passing success, to resist the invading Angles and Saxons in the mid fifth century AD.
And the climactic battle against the rebel Puritans we see in A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST gives us a glimpse of King Arthur and his knights .
Sean
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