#8 The Squire's Tales

The Quest of the Fair Unknown

Gerald Morris
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On her deathbed, Beaufils’s mother leaves him with a quest and a find your father, a knight of King Arthur’s court. So Beaufils leaves the isolated forest of his youth and quickly discovers that he has much to learn about the world beyond his experience. Beaufils’s innocence never fails to make his companions grin, but his fresh outlook on the world’s peculiarities turns out to be more of a gift than a curse as they encounter unexpected friends and foes. With his constant stream of wise fools and foolish wise men, holy hermits and others of rather less holiness, plotting magicians and conniving Ladies, Gerald Morris infuses these medieval stories with a riotous humor all his own.
Genres: FantasyYoung AdultArthurianHistorical FictionFictionAdventureMiddle GradeMedievalRetellingsYoung Adult Fantasy
264 Pages

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