Epic fantasy has long been considered escapist literature and something that adolescents read to pass the time. It brings to mind muscle-bound heroes who fight dragons and rescue princesses. But Epic fantasy is really much more than that. It is about the search to find meaning in our lives.
In our book The Serpent Grail we had initially explored the Arthurian legends to see what light they could shed on the link between the Grail and the serpent but we decided we should now spare the time to take a brief look at the history of Britain and the period in which Arthur supposedly lived. Most historians place this period in the fifth century AD and so this is where we began our historical journey to find the real Arthur....
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