King of the Middle March: The Arthur Trilogy, Book Three

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Sep 2004 · King Arthur Trilogy Book 3 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Michael Maloney

About this audiobook

Thousands of knights and foot soldiers are mustering in Venice for the launch of the fourth Crusade. Among them in young Arthur de Caldicot, soon to dubbed a knight. He is thrilled to be part of this huge gathering; but all too soon the crusade falls into disarray.

War, romance, murder, family quarrels, power politics, the conflict between Christianity and Islam: all these are elements in an action-packed story that gives us a startlingly vivid picture of medieval life, enriched by earthy comedy and the magic of the Arthurian legends.

About the author

Kevin Crossley-Holland has won accolades all over the world for The Seeing Stone and At the Crossing Places, the first two volumes in his Arthur trilogy. The Seeing Stone won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Tir na n-Og Prize and the Smarties Prize Bronze Medal, and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. He lives on the North Norfolk coast.