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Excalibur (novel)

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Excalibur
Cover illustration by Gervasio Gallardo Excalibur
AuthorSanders Anne Laubenthal
Cover artistGervasio Gallardo
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherBallantine Books
Publication date
1973
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pagesxii, 236 pp
ISBNISBN 0-345-23416-2 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

Excalibur is an Arthurian fantasy novel by Sanders Anne Laubenthal. It was first published by Ballantine Books as the sixtieth volume of the celebrated 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 the enchanted sword of the title.