Excalibur (novel)

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Title Excalibur

Cover illustration by Gervasio Gallardo Excalibur
Author Sanders Anne Laubenthal
Cover artist Gervasio Gallardo
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy novel
Publisher Ballantine Books
Released 1973
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages xii, 236 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-345-23416-2

Excalibur is an Arthurian fantasy novel by Sanders Anne Laubenthal. It was first published by Ballantine Books as part of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in August, 1973, and has been reprinted a number of times since.

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The novel is set in modern times against the background of the legendary Medieval Welsh colonization of Mobile, Alabama, and deals with the quest of the modern Pendragon, King Arthur's secret successor, to recover the enchanted sword of the title.