<p><b>This first novel in Jack Whyte's riveting Arthurian series tells how the story of Camelot may have actually come to be.</b> <p/>We all know the story--how Arthur pulled the sword from the stone and how Camelot came to be. <p/>But how did it really happen? <p/>The Roman citizens of Britain faced a deadly choice: leave to live in a corrupt Roman world, or stay amidst the violence of the warring factions of Picts, Celts, and invading Saxons. <p/>For Publius Varrus and Caius Britannicus, there is only one answer. They will stay, try to preserve the best of Roman life, and create a new culture from the wreckage. <p/>In doing so, they will plant the seeds of a legend. For these two men are Arthur's great-grandfathers and their actions will shape a nation...and forge the sword known as Excalibur.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Jack Whyte<br><b>Publisher:</b> St. Martins Press-3PL<br><b>Published:</b> 01/01/2002<br><b>Pages:</b> 360<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.19lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.34h x 5.81w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780765303721<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.3<br><b>Point Value:</b> 28<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>56258 / Skystone<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>Jack Whyte</b> is a Scots-born, award-winning Canadian author whose poem, <i>The Faceless One</i>, was featured at the 1991 New York Film Festival. <i>The Camulod Chronicles</i> is his greatest work, a stunning retelling