 First edition | |
| Author | Sanders Anne Laubenthal |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Gervasio Gallardo |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | xii, 236 pp |
| ISBN | 0-345-23416-2 |
| OCLC | 2370651 |
Excalibur is a 1973Arthurianfantasy novel by American writerSanders Anne Laubenthal. It was first published byBallantine Books as the sixtieth volume of theBallantine Adult Fantasy series in August, 1973, and has been reprinted a number of times since.
The novel is set in modern times against the background of the legendaryMedievalWelsh colonization ofMobile, Alabama under the princeMadoc in the 12th century. The modernPendragon,King Arthur's secret successor, must recover Arthur's famed swordExcalibur.
John Clute praisedExcalibur as "a powerful fantasy which conflates thematter of Britain with an AmericanGothic version ofMobile, Alabama."[1]
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