Excalibur (novel)

For the novel by Bernard Cornwell, see Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur.

Excalibur

First edition
Author	Sanders Anne Laubenthal
Cover artist	Gervasio Gallardo
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	1973
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	xii, 236 pp
ISBN	0-345-23416-2
OCLC	2370651

Excalibur is a 1973 Arthurian fantasy novel by American writer Sanders Anne Laubenthal. It was first published by Ballantine Books as the sixtieth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in August, 1973, and has been reprinted a number of times since.

Plot summary

The novel is set in modern times against the background of the legendary Medieval Welsh colonization of Mobile, Alabama under the prince Madoc in the 12th century. The modern Pendragon, King Arthur's secret successor, must recover Arthur's famed sword Excalibur.

Critical reception

John Clute praised Excalibur as "a powerful fantasy which conflates the matter of Britain with an American Gothic version of Mobile, Alabama."[1]

References

1. "Laubenthal, Sanders Anne", The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, John Clute & John Grant, ed., p.565