Image: Candlewick Press
Graphic Novels continue to be highlighted this week, but I ran into a bit of problem for #tbt. Ordinarily, books featured on #tbt are over ten years old, with rare exceptions. But. I needed to find a King Arthur GN that I had read and the only one I can recall is Ivain: the knight of the lion by M.T. Anderson and illustrated by Andrea Offerman. This slim volume was published in March of 2017 and is the award-winning author's first graphic novel
Ivain is a knight at King Arthur's court. Eager to prove himself in battle, he leaps at the opportunity to confront defeat a local lord in battle without thinking of the consequences to the man's widow and the people he swore to protect. Ivain marries the widow, but desires a life of battle and questing. This graphic novel is based on an epic poem by Chretien de Troye. Mr. Anderson not only brings the ferocity of battle during the middle ages to life but also the tenuous lot of women at that time.
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