Jack Whyte
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Jack Whyte is an author and writer born and raised in Scotland.
Whyte's major work to date is the A Dream of Eagles series (as it is titled in Canada, but known as The Camulod Chronicles in the United States and elsewhere). This series of historical novels presents the tale of King Arthur set against the backdrop of Roman Britain. This retelling of the popular legend eschews the use of magic (as in T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone) to explain Arthur’s ascent to power and instead relies on the historical condition (with some artistic license) of post-Roman Britain to support the theory that Arthur was meant to counter the anarchy left by the full withdrawal of Roman governance in 410 AD and the subsequent colonization and invasion of Britain by various peoples from Northwestern Europe, including the Saxons, Jutes, Franks, and Angles).
The series consists of the novels:
- The Skystone
- The Singing Sword
- The Eagles' Brood
- The Saxon Shore
- The Fort at River's Bend
- The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis
- Uther
- Clothar the Frank (titled The Lance Thrower outside of Canada)
The two volumes The Fort at River’s Bend and The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis were written as a single volume entitled The Sorcerer but were split for publication.
External links
- Official website (http://www.camulod.com/) for Jack Whyte. Includes biography, bibliography, book excerpts, radio interview transcripts, and an active fan forum.