The Squire's Tale
core novel 1998 The Squire's Tales
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (9,712 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780395869598 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Terence is a fourteen-year-old boy living quietly in medieval England, raised by a guardian who seems able to remember the future and surrounded by rumours that his parents were faeries. When the knight Sir Gawain offers to take him on as his squire and train him for knighthood, Terence leaves his woodland home and takes to the road. Their travels lead to King Arthur's court at Camelot and bring them into contact with Merlin, the Lady of the Lake, wizards, dwarfs, enchanters and damsels in distress. Alongside sword fights and bursts of sorcery, Terence searches for the truth about who his parents were. The story mixes retellings of traditional Arthurian tales with a light, humorous tone and is the first of ten linked novels.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Squire's Tales
- Series: The Squire's Tales core; position 1 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 1 of 10: next The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady (1999)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Gerald Morris
- Biblio listing (hardcover, Houghton Mifflin, 1998)
- Kirkus Reviews
- Powell's synopsis
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