The Winter King
Bernard Cornwell
Hardcover
(St Martins Press, May 1, 1996)
In Dark Age Britain, a land from which Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared, a child-king sits unprotected on the throne, and it is up to Arthur, a courageous and honorable man, to preserve the lonely embers of civilization in a barbaric world. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.