Jack Whyte (born 1940) is a Scottish-Canadian novelist of historical fiction. Born and raised in Scotland, Whyte has been living in Canada since 1967. He resides in Kelowna, British Columbia. Whyte's major work to date is the A Dream of Eagles series (as it is titled in Canada, but known as The Camulod Chronicles in the United States and elsewhere). This series of historical novels presents the tale of King Arthur set against the backdrop of Roman Britain.

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  • Jack Whyte (born 1940) is a Scottish-Canadian novelist of historical fiction. Born and raised in Scotland, Whyte has been living in Canada since 1967. He resides in Kelowna, British Columbia. Whyte's major work to date is the A Dream of Eagles series (as it is titled in Canada, but known as The Camulod Chronicles in the United States and elsewhere). This series of historical novels presents the tale of King Arthur set against the backdrop of Roman Britain. This retelling of the popular legend eschews the use of magic to explain Arthur’s ascent to power and instead relies on the historical condition (with some artistic license) of post-Roman Britain to support the theory that Arthur was meant to counter the anarchy left by the Roman departure from Britain in 410 AD and the subsequent colonization and invasion of Britain by various peoples from Northwestern Europe, including the Saxons, Jutes, Franks, and Angles. Whyte incorporates both traditional Arthurian names, places and events (albeit in gaelic or Latin form) as well as the names of various historical figures that have been suggested as being the possible basis for the original King Arthur legend. The tacit implication is that Whyte's version of history is the true story that has become distorted over time to become the legend and stories of magic that we know today. Jack Whyte served as the official bard of The Calgary Highlanders and performed several tracks of poetry and song on the 1990 recording by the Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders entitled Eighty Years of Glory: The Regimental Pipes, Drums and Bard of The Calgary Highlanders.
  • A oggi, l'opera più importante di Whyte è il ciclo delle Cronache di Camelot (noto come A Dream of Eagles in Canada e The Camulod Chronicles negli altri paesi di lingua inglese). Questi romanzi storici presentano la storia di Re Artù sullo sfondo della caduta dell'impero Romano in Britannia. A differenza dei racconti usuali - si pensi a La spada nella roccia - Whyte riscrive la leggenda evitando l'uso della magia per spiegare l'ascesa al potere di Artù, ponendo invece l'accento sulle condizioni storiche (con qualche licenza artistica) della Britannia, e sulla necessità di contrastare l'anarchia dopo che i Romani l'avevano abbandonata, lasciandola alla colonizzazione e invasione di varie popolazioni dell'Europa nordoccidentale, come sassoni, juti, franchi e angli. Il ciclo comprende i seguenti libri: La pietra del cielo (The Skystone) La spada che canta (The Singing Sword) La stirpe dell'Aquila (The Eagles' Brood) Il sogno di Merlino (The Saxon Shore) Il forte sul fiume Il segno di Excalibur Le porte di Camelot (Uther) La donna di Avalon (Uther)
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  • Jack Whyte (born 1940) is a Scottish-Canadian novelist of historical fiction. Born and raised in Scotland, Whyte has been living in Canada since 1967. He resides in Kelowna, British Columbia. Whyte's major work to date is the A Dream of Eagles series (as it is titled in Canada, but known as The Camulod Chronicles in the United States and elsewhere). This series of historical novels presents the tale of King Arthur set against the backdrop of Roman Britain.
  • A oggi, l'opera più importante di Whyte è il ciclo delle Cronache di Camelot (noto come A Dream of Eagles in Canada e The Camulod Chronicles negli altri paesi di lingua inglese). Questi romanzi storici presentano la storia di Re Artù sullo sfondo della caduta dell'impero Romano in Britannia.
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  • Jack Whyte
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