everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Sword at Sunset. Artos will not hear of it. Sword at Sunset (Rediscovered Classics) by Rosemary Sutcliff Paperback $20.15. Bedwyr, who has been injured, stays behind in her care as well, upon Artos's suggestion. Shaken, Artos flees, finds his men, and they make for the coast to continue their campaign. Utha, the reader learns, has died in a hunting accident many years prior, when Artos was in his pre-teen years. Sutcliff’s initial inability to discover many other Arthurian fiction of historical nature is not evidence to the lack of interest, rather to her place at the beginning of a movement. Sword at Sunset is an attempt to re-create from fragments of known facts, from likelihoods and deductions and guesswork pure and simple, that king of man this war leader may have been, and the story of his long struggle. ( Log Out /  Word arrives that the Sea Wolves have made landfall once again, and this time Ambrosius sends Artos out with a band of his chosen companions to keep them at bay. The only way Artos will be king, which is what Ambrosius wants, is if the people are so supportive it would be madness to proclaim another in his place. While he is camped, on the eve of the battle, his tent flap is pulled back and a man enters. One of her few historical novels written specifically for adults, it is her interpretation of the legend of King Arthur. After one skirmish, he and his companions find a destroyed village where a small pictish woman has been brutally savaged by the Saxons. Ambrosius calls him into his chambers and presents him with one of the royal gems with the seal of Britain on it. Sword at Sunset is a best-selling 1963 novel by Rosemary Sutcliff. Artos learns that Bewyr and Guen did not live happily ever after, and for his part in hurting Artos, he is sorry. I have kept this because I like the strong old-fashioned cover, and I love all things Arthurian. Ambrosius begins sending Artos on numerous campaigns and each time Artos's legend grows. . He makes it a rule for his inner circle of companions that they refrain from marrying, though they may seek comfort where they will. She drugs him, seduces him, and in the morning, in horror, finds that this woman, named Ygerna, is his half sister. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. They go to a neighboring fiefdom where Prince Cador has had a son, named Constantine. Artos and the men knew that this was Ambrosius's plan all along, to choose the date and time of his own death, rather than dying a slow and agonizing death indoors. This temporarily upsets Artos's men, but in the end, since she brought a large dowry, many horses, and many fighting men, they are satisfied that Artos has only done this to make their group stronger. When the weather turns bad, they take sanctuary in the hills of Badon. Guen blames him for leaving them alone. help you understand the book. Bedwyr, however, has recovered, but left the castle to tend to his own lands. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. "There will be more songs - more songs tomorrow, though it is not we who shall sing them.". Artos is surprised that he is not dead yet. But the chronological references within Sword at Sunset – e.g., that the Romans departed thirty years before the novel's opening – imply that it begins in c.479, a seven year discrepancy. Other characters familiar from Arthurian legend who are members of Arthur's Companions include Gwalchmai (Gawain) and Cei (Kay). Artos dies. Our excellent value books literally don't cost the earth, Every used book bought is one saved from landfill. In an interview with Raymond H. Thompson (in 1986), she explained that she actually spent the eighteen months while writing this story thinking like a man and felt that the story was being fed to her. While Artos is trying to figure out where Medraut has gone, Medraut surges up from the water and runs his sword through Artos's hip, leg, and into his chest. His relationship with her is difficult as a result of his previous involvement with Ygerna, and his best friend Bedwyr eventually betrays Artos by his involvement with Artos' wife. I couldn't get past 50 pages. There is a small man standing nearby that suggests that the black stallion would behave for the right person. Among the summaries and analysis available for Sword at Sunset, there He is so excited by the victory that he urges the men to ride with him through the night so that they might be back at Venta before morning. His mother was Pictish, one of the 'dark people', while his father was a Britain. 526 pages. Artos misses his best friend, but does not begrudge him some time. Families and wives will only complicate things, he suggests to them, and they will not have their full focus on the tasks at hand. They warn Artos that he should put Medraut aside. The tale begins with a very old warrior lying on his bed. Artos sets out with a large contingency to fight them once more. Pictorial paper cover. The writing is beautiful and the book makes you want to walk through the heathered hills of England but it was ultimately too much of one thing, battle after battle and I found my attention wavering by the end. They make it back to Venta and Ambrosius calls for him. While Artos is viewing the child, the royal seal falls from his sword into the child's cradle. Both the black stallion and Bedwyr make it back in one piece. This is the best account of the life, loves and politics of Arthur (Artos the Bear) that I’ve come across. (Click to show. In Sword at Sunset (1963), Sutcliff remains loyal to the legend’s most memorable plotlines, but lines her mythical backbone with more historical muscle. He is a young man, in his early twenties, and living in King Ambrosius's court. The name Ygerna is related to Igraine. Artos agrees to do so, sending some of his men with them. The first person narrative grated, the total unfamiliarity and complicated names didn't grab me. Then I worked into this setting the Arthur who seemed to me to carry weight, to be the most likely kind of person.”. Artos knows, thanks to Ambrosius's shrewd statescraft, that if he can win this largest battle with the Sea Wolves that the people will demand that he be king. He tells Artos that he could not be more proud of him if he were his own son. In an interview with Raymond Thompson, Sutcliff reveals that most of the actual research, “apart from knowing the Arthurian story from the romance versions, was into Dark Age life and history as far as they were known. Also includes sites with a short overview, synopsis, book report, or summary of Rosemary Sutcliff’s Sword at Sunset. . Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books. When he arrives his daughter has died. Artos tells him not to tell anyone of his death, and to send for Constantine, Cador's son, who is now a man. The boy tries to fight them off, but Artos pins his arms back until he yields. ( Log Out /  Sites like SparkNotes with a Sword at Sunset study guide or cliff notes. Artos forgives everything and is glad to see him. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our, This brilliant Arthurian epic cuts through the mists of pagan, early Christian, and medieval splendors that have gathered about the subject and tells the authentic story of the man who may well have been the real King Arthur—Artos the Bear, the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights.

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