King Arthur's Voyage to the Otherworld: Was Arthur killed in America?

In this ground-breaking study, Dr Robert MacCann cuts through the tangle of myth and legend to identify the very earliest Arthurian sources, three sixth-century Welsh poems by Arthur's bard that give eyewitness accounts. The poems miraculously survived for 800 years, while the Welsh language was evolving, to be preserved in a manuscript of the early 1300s. They reveal the truth about Arthur, showing him to be an authoritative Christian king with an unparalleled military reputation, revered by his men. Most astonishing of all, two of the poems record a disastrous sea voyage to a distant land, Annwfyn, where the Britons fought torrid battles against the inhabitants but were eventually decimated. From details in the poems Dr MacCann shows that Annwfyn was America. Arthur's death is mentioned twice, one poem implying that the badly wounded Arthur was given a mercy killing by his bard and was beheaded to protect his head from mutilation. Only a few survivors reached Britain but Arthur's body remained in Annwfyn, his grave being lost.

Author: Robert Maccann
Publisher: Imperator Press
Published: 08/27/2016
Pages: 358
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780994510204

About the Author
Maccann, Robert: - Robert MacCann is a mathematician working in psychometrics and statistics, having obtained his PhD from Sydney University. He has been Honorary Research Fellow at Sydney University, Research Fellow at Oxford University and was head of a government research unit in Sydney. He has also studied the Arthurian sources for many years, forming the view that key historical information can be obtained from the Welsh poetry.

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