Book 4: Once And Future King

Summary-
Agravaine and Mordred go to King Arthur to tell him of the affair between Lancelot and Guenevere. King Arthur informs them that no action will be taken until they can prove what they have told him. Agravaine and Mordred catch Lancelot in Guenevere's room thus proving the affair. Lancelot kills all of the knights with them except Mordred who he spares. Guenevere is sentence by Arthur to be burned. Lancelot saves Guenevere taking her to his castle where they were safe for six months. Lancelot and Guenevere get the Pope to create a peace treaty which would allow the Guenevere to go back to Arthur and Lancelot to be banished from England. Gawaine and Mordred convince Arthur to go to war against Lancelot to revenge the death of their brothers. While Arthur and Gawaine are away fighting Lancelot Mordred takes over England and marries Guenevere. Once Arthur hears this news he, Gawaine and Lancelot all return to England to fight Mordred. Arthur tells his story to a page in hope of his ideas living on.

Vocabulary-
Words I did not know the meaning of-
Matriarchal
Gaieties
Ardour
Vestments
Rheumaticky
Melee
Coiffure
Epaulettes
Masel
Atrophied

Words I founds interesting-
Willna- Will not
Dinna - Do not

Reaction/ Reflection-
Again I really enjoyed reading this book as well as the other three. I liked that Lancelot and Guenevere were not killed because of their affair. I like the ending with Mordred trying to take over England and then Lancelot running to help Arthur when he needed it. This to me was why I like Lancelot the best. This showed that he was a loyal person and was continuously friends with Arthur even through the hard times. I did not like Mordred for his intentions of taking over England while Arthur was still alive. I also did not like Agravaine who killed his mother. The plot was intriguing with battles, affairs and trapping. I did not particularly like the ending it to me did not seam like it made clear if they all really did die in the last battle and it did not tell how Arthur and Lancelot died, like it did in Le Mort d'Arthur. I do believe that White chose to ent the book this way because it let the reader fill in what they think will happen in the war. I thnk that this ending was hopeful. I believe this because White does not tell you if anyone dies in the war, which is hopeful to think that they may have lived through the war.