- Paperback: 460 pages
- Publisher: Robinson Publishing; paperback / softback edition (27 April 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841190519
- ISBN-13: 978-1841190518
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 584,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Arthur's queen, Guinevere is missing and she must be found. Budoc, one of the few remaining knights, now an old man, together with the young warrior, Nai and a mysterious horsewoman, must buckle on his sword once again to go seeking the Lady, before someone else finds her.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This one is even better than the Last Companion. The first book had a broad canvas: this one has fewer characters and a tighter focus.
The sense of a world with a past of its own is as strong as ever, and the characters are real people with real joys and sorrows.
I found it incredibly exciting, so much so that I couldn't put it down!
The sense of a world with a past of its own is as strong as ever, and the characters are real people with real joys and sorrows.
I found it incredibly exciting, so much so that I couldn't put it down!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Albion the last companion" is the first in Patrick McCormack's Arthurian trilogy. I'm eagerly awaiting the third (to appear 2003). He takes the interesting approach of telling us Arthur's story in scraps, from the recollections of one of his companions, ten years after Arthur's death, at the same time as a contemporary story is unfolding. The book does not contain as much action as Bernard Cornwell's trilogy, and is not as easy to get into. Nevertheless, it is rewarding if you persist. McCormack is certainly a far better writer than some who have attempted to write Arthurian novels. Even more than Cornwell, he has researched the times, and tried to really imagine society at that time. I didn't really like the quasi-mystical stuff, but apart from that I found his dark-age voice to be authentic.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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One of the best novels I have read about the Arthurian period and even better than any of the Bernard Cornwell Arthurian books. The White Phangod is also even better than the previous book in the Patrick McCormack series (Albion). The book is hard to put down and is gripping right up until the very last page. His style of writing is less brutal than Cornwell and is less predictable. Just like Cornwell he describes life in the Dark Age period very well and his characters are very strong. I dont understand why his books aren't so well publicised.
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