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Here Lies Arthur

by Philip Reeve

Carnegie Medal for Writing · 2008 · Winner
Scholastichistorical-fictionISBN 9780545093347

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Carnegie Medal for Writing2008Winner

About This Book

Gwyna is a runaway girl who becomes the shape-shifter Myrddin's greatest trick—the Lady of the Lake herself. Philip Reeve's reinvention of Arthurian legend strips away the romance to reveal myth as propaganda: Arthur the warlord, shaped by a storyteller's lies.

About the Author

Philip ReeveGB

Philip Reeve is a British author and illustrator best known for the Mortal Engines series and his Carnegie Medal-winning novel Here Lies Arthur (2008). His fiction ranges from steampunk adventure to retellings of Arthurian legend. He lives in Devon, England.

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