The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
core novel 2000 The Squire's Tales
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (5,624 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780395971260 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Lynet is a sharp-tongued young noblewoman who wants to save her beautiful but vapid older sister, Lyonesse, from a bloodthirsty suitor who has besieged the family castle. She travels to Camelot to ask for a champion, and the only help on offer is a kitchen worker nicknamed Beaumains, who is plainly more than he seems, accompanied by a bumbling dwarf named Roger. As the odd party travels through a forest full of knights of every kind, Lynet takes lessons in sorcery and herb lore and slowly loses her romantic illusions about chivalry. The story retells the Arthurian tale of Gareth and Lynette with a dry, comic tone.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Squire's Tales
- Series: The Squire's Tales core; position 3 of 10 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Gerald Morris
Notes
- From the series record (The Squire's Tales): Ten humorous Arthurian novels for young readers, following Terence, Gawain and a changing cast at Camelot.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Squire's Tales: position 3 of 10: previous The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady (1999) · next Parsifal's Page (2001)
Sources
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