The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady
core novel 1999 The Squire's Tales
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.22 (5,381 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780395912119 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Terence is still serving as squire to Sir Gawain at Camelot, where the court is uneasy about Queen Guinevere's affair with Sir Lancelot. Gawain accepts a bargain made with the mysterious Green Knight: after Gawain beheads the knight, the blow is to be returned a year later at the Green Chapel. When the time comes, Gawain and Terence set out on the journey together, and the road takes them into dangerous territory. Gawain is captured by the treacherous Marquis of Alva and sentenced to death, and Terence must find a way to rescue his master and the spirited Lady Eileen. The novel adapts the fourteenth-century romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in a humorous, adventurous style.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Squire's Tales
- Series: The Squire's Tales core; position 2 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 2 of 10: previous The Squire's Tale (1998) · next The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf (2000)
Sources
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