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Arthur the King

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 8
Categories: Arthurian

Author

Kevin
Crossley-Holland

Appeared in

Tales from the Old World

Story Summary

This is one of the best retellings of the scene made famous in T. H. White's book The Sword in the Stone, whereby young Arthur pulls the sword from the stone and is proclaimed King of England.