Bernard Cornwell on his Arthurian trilogy

 

Bernard says: "Of course there is no real history to go on with the Arthurian period. There is archaeological detail, and we’ve got certain records which seem to be extremely unreliable. So there isn’t actually a history, except for the Battle of Mount Badon. In the end I had to make up my mind as to what was the real Arthur. In the end maybe this is why the story is so malleable. It isn’t history; it’s a story." Read about them here