In the early fifth century, in the March of Gaul, Ban, a vassal of King Arthur, sets out with his wife and infant son, Lancelot: his kingdom, Benoïc, is threatened by another king’s attempts to conquer it. However, on journey, Ban dies tragically, and Lancelot also disappears into thin air, kidnapped by a mysterious woman, known as the Lady of the Lake…
Several years later, that infant is now a man and is determined to become a knight. So he travels to King Arthur’s legendary court in Camelot, where he receives his investiture. But being a knight is less simple than it seems: his exploits bring him into confrontations with dragons, fairies, and ladies who try to mislead him; and then there is his love for Queen Guinevere, which shakes his loyalty to his king.
But when a prophecy is revealed about the Holy Grail, which can only be found by the best of knights, everything changes for Lancelot…
Claudio Lagomarsini, novelist and specialist in Medieval French Literature, tells us the fictionalized story of the greatest knight of the Round Table.
Paying close attention to sources and documentary truth, he brings to life a compelling narrative that transports us to the timeless atmosphere of the Arthurian cycle, amid Lancelot’s exploits, duels and loves.