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Arthurian expert Geoffrey Ashe presents an investigation into the legend of King Arthur that broke the deadlock that earlier research had reached and gave Arthur a firmer status in history.
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Geoffrey Ashe is widely regarded as one of the leading Arthurian specialists and is author of A Guide to Arthurian Britain, Avalonian Quest, The Quest for Arthur's Britain, and Camelot and the Vision of Albion. In 2000, Sutton republished The Hell Fire Clubs: A History of Anti-Morality. A former secretary of the Camelot Research Committee. He now lives in Glastonbury.
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