Biographie de l'auteur :
John Matthews is an historian and author. He has produced over eighty books on the Arthurian Legends, Pirates and Grail Studies, as well as short stories and a volume of poetry. He has devoted much of the past thirty years to the study of Arthurian Traditions and myth in general. He was historical adviser to Jerry Bruckheimer for his film King Arthur. His book Pirates was number one in the New York Times bestseller list for most of the summer of 2006. He is married to the writer Caitlín Matthews with whom he has collaborated on numerous books. Their son, Emrys, published his own first book in 2004. The Matthews live in Oxford, England. Pavel Tatarnikov spent a year in England while working on his breathtaking illustrations for Arthur of Albion. Born in 1971 into a family of artists, he has loved drawing since childhood, and his talent was recognized early on: at the age of eleven, he was selected to train at the State School of Music and Fine Arts in Minsk, Belarus. He graduated in 1989 and joined the Graphic Department of the Belarusian Academy of Arts, working as an illustrator. The recipient of many awards, Pavel particularly enjoys projects that combine his love of myths and legends, literature and history. He currently lives in Belarus with his wife, Irina.
Revue de presse :
'Arthur of Albion is a great book. A book you'd love to just look at, a book you'd love to read to your children, or let them read themselves. For one, the stories themselves are an array of Arthurian myths and legends. Each of them is a fairytale in a nutshell long enough to be a real story, short enough to keep even the youngest interested. But then, that is the hallmark of John Matthews Arthurian publications.' --Vortigern Studies
'The major stories are interspersed with entries about particular episodes or characters. The text is formal but clear. The illustrations are intense in colour and detail, like Russian boxes, but also meltingly imaginative, offering strange vistas. The whole is well bound, clearly gift-like. As an extra treat, there is a beautiful fold out map' --Carousel
'The major stories are interspersed with entries about particular episodes or characters. The text is formal but clear. The illustrations are intense in colour and detail, like Russian boxes, but also meltingly imaginative, offering strange vistas. The whole is well bound, clearly gift-like. As an extra treat, there is a beautiful fold out map' --Carousel
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