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The Lance Thrower
- Camulod Chronicles, Book 8
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 27 hrs and 47 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Jack Whyte has written a lyrical epic, retelling the myths behind the boy who would become the Man Who Would Be King - Arthur Pendragon. He has shown us, as Diana Gabaldon said, "the bone beneath the flesh of legend". In his last book in this series, we witnessed the young king pull the sword from the stone and begin his journey to greatness. Now we reach the tale itself - how the most shining court in history was made.
Clothar is a young man of promise. He has been sent from the wreckage of Gaul to one of the few schools remaining, where logic and rhetoric are taught along with battle techniques that will allow him to survive in the cruel new world where the veneer of civilization is held together by barbarism. He is sent by his mentor on a journey to aid another young man: Arthur Pendragon. He is a man who wants to replace barbarism with law, and keep those who work only for destruction at bay. He is seen as the last great hope for all that is good.
Clothar is drawn to this man, and together they build a dream too perfect to last - and, with a special woman, they share a love that will nearly destroy them all....
The name of Clothar may be unknown to modern listeners, for tales change in the telling through centuries. But any listener will surely know this heroic young man as well as they know the man who became his king. Hundreds of years later, chronicles call Clothar the Lance Thrower by a much more common name: That of Lancelot.
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- Mike O'Toole Jr.
- 2018-01-04
Fantastic writer but a terrible narrator
I enjoy this series immensely and I have had physical copies for many years, and only began listening to the audiobook versions because I do not have as much time to read as I used to. Jack Whyte is my favorite Canadian author and also one of my favorite authors in general. The Camelot Chronicles (or the dream of eagles series as it came to be known in later Publications here in Canada) is the best variation of the Arthurian Legend that I have ever read because it's so seamlessly blends historical facts into a tale that we usually have so few details about, absolutely enthralling read.
I have listened to every I have listened to every book up until this one mildly annoyed with the narrator Kevin Perisreau and his absolutely pronunciation of even the simplest Latin terms. This addition has made me absolutely hate Kevin as a narrator. The man has narrated 6 books before this one and all of a sudden to staple characters have changed their voices entirely when through several other books it remain consistent. The change to Merlin's voice is the most jarring and Unforgivable because there's absolutely no reason for it. The voice change to his adjutant Donnell is almost permissible because at least you could argue that it is because he got older and his voice changed to be similar to his older brother Connor however the story picks up exactly where the last book left off simply from the point of view of a different character and there is not enough time for it to change at all.
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