Sleeping Sword

An enchanting take on the legend of King Arthur from Britain’s best-loved children’s author, Michael Morpurgo.‘There stood before me an ancient man swathed in a dark and tattered fleece, his long hair and beard matted with filth, his face grey with grief and age. Holding the sword out in front of me, I backed away until I felt the sink behind me and I could go no further. His eyes followed me all ...