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A year ago, if you had asked me if the world needed another retelling of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, I would have said "sure, the same way it needs more ads for prepared meals and online therapy during podcasts."

But this book is a very different tale on the Arthurian Legends. The knights are flawed in fascinating ways that might just have you looking in the mirror. The classic battle of good against evil holds a great deal more nuance that many other versions while Grossman turns the love triangle that often sits as the…

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