King Arthur vs Devil Kitty is a Medieval Monster Tale Reborn. This beautiful illustrated book is inspired by kids’ picture stories of the 1970s, Monty Python, Jabberwocky, Gawain & the Green Knight, and The Goodies vs Kitten Kong.
Writer Daniel Sumption and illustrator Maximillian Hartley have taken an original 13th Century French story – the tale of the Chapalu or Cath Palug – in which the legendary King Arthur and his wizard Merlin travel across Europe to take on a giant kitten, and they have updated it for modern readers - children, adults and immortals alike.
Alongside the story of Arthur and the Cat, medieval scholar Dr. Laura Chuhan Campbell, from the University of Durham, explains the historical background to the tale its 13th Century French origins, and its previous translation into English, in the 15th Century, as part of what is now known as The Prose Merlin.
And for players of Dungeons & Dragons™, there are stats for bringing the Devil Kitten into your roleplaying games.
This is a 56-page book, available as both a hardback and a paperback, both of which are 210mm x 210mm, printed in vivid full-colour throughout.
