The Grail: the quest for a legend

The Grail: the quest for a legend

Andrew Sinclair's richly illustrated book digs deep into the legends, from medieval Grail Romances and the legends of King Arthur to the adventures of Indiana Jones and the recent researches of Dan Brown's symbologist, to find the origins of our fascination with the Grail.

Andrew Sinclair

The names of the Grail -- The grails from the East and the North -- King Arthur : where fact met legend -- The Krater of Alchemy -- The garden of the Grail -- A Grail or the grails -- The Joseph grails -- The Knights of the Grail -- The prodigal Grail -- Celtic grails -- What and where were the grails? -- The Grail of Germany -- The waning of the Grail -- The road to Compostela -- The Grail in Italy -- A temple of the Grail -- Merlin, Malory and the Faerie Queene -- Visions of the imagination -- Destruction and imperial grace -- Arias of the Grail -- The perversion of the Grail -- Beatific states.

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