Tintagel and the Arthurian Mythos

Cornwall: Pendragon Press, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED. 203pp. Quarto [26 cm] Green vinyl cloth over boards with lettering and pictorial stamping in gilt on the backstrip and front board. Illustrated endpapers. Slight lean to the spine. Number 745 in an edition limited to 1000 copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Original maps and illustrations by Vivienne Shanley. Paul Broadhurst is one of Britain’s most original authors exploring the mysteries of ancient landscapes. "Tintagel and the Arthurian Mythos" is the book that made many people realize that Tintagel, the legendary place of the birth of King Arthur, was much more than simply a tourist hotspot connected with an elusive medieval myth. It explores the origins of the legend and Tintagel’s unique position in Celtic lore as a center of ritual kingship and looks at the links to other significant sites.