by Jean Markale · Sonzogno · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845411069
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«La conquista del regno» is the contemporary fiction novel by Jean Markale, published by Sonzogno in paperback (400 pages, in Italian).
Set in the universe of King Arthur, the novel follows the conquest of the kingdom by Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, amid heroic adventures and magical intrigues, and interweaves the loves of Arthur and Guinevere, and of Merlin with the Lady of the Lake, in a spiritual quest around the Holy Grail.
Second instalment of the series «Il mistero del Graal», published in 1999.
For readers of contemporary fiction with an interest in the Arthurian cycle and the Grail legend.
Jean Markale was the pen name of Jean Bertrand, a French historian, writer, poet, radio show host, lecturer and high school French teacher who lived in Brittany. As a former specialist in Celtic studies at the Sorbonne, he researched pre-Christian and medieval culture and spirituality. He published numerous books about Celtic civilization, particularly the place of women in Celtic culture, and Arthurian literature.
