
Young “Wart” lives with Ector and his son Kay in Ector’s manor. Book IV deals with Mordred’s destruction of Arthur’s reign, but not before Arthur makes sure his ideas of civil law and justice are passed on to future generations. Book III concerns Lancelot coming to terms with his imperfections and realizing that God has not abandoned him, even when he has sinned. Book II deals with the effect of World War I leading to World War II, and has many similarities to the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex.


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