''The Light Beyond the Forest: The Quest for the Holy Grail'' is the second book in Rosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian trilogy. While the previous book, ''

The Sword and the Circle ''The Sword and the Circle, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table'' is a children's novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff and was first published in 1981. The story is a retelling of the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round ...

'', is a collection of Arthurian tales including the creation of the

Round Table The Round Table ( cy, y Ford Gron; kw, an Moos Krenn; br, an Daol Grenn; la, Mensa Rotunda) is King Arthur's famed table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his knights congregate. As its name suggests, it has no head, implying that e ...

, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Beaumains the Kitchen Knight, this book focuses on the search for the

Holy Grail The Holy Grail (french: Saint Graal, br, Graal Santel, cy, Greal Sanctaidd, kw, Gral) is a treasure that serves as an important motif in Arthurian literature. Various traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miracul ...

, cutting back and forth between the quests of

Lancelot Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), also written as Launcelot and other variants (such as early German ''Lanzelet'', early French ''Lanselos'', early Welsh ''Lanslod Lak'', Italian ''Lancillotto'', Spanish ''Lanzarote del Lago' ...

Bors Bors (; french: link=no, Bohort) is the name of two knights in Arthurian legend, an elder and a younger. The two first appear in the 13th-century Lancelot-Grail romance prose cycle. Bors the Elder is the King of Gaunnes (Gannes/Gaunes/Ganis) du ...

, Percival, and Galahad. The trilogy continues with ''

The Road to Camlann ''The Road to Camlann: The Death of King Arthur'' is the third book in Rosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian trilogy, after ''The Sword and the Circle'' and '' The Light Beyond the Forest''. This book portrays the events that lead to the Battle of Ca ...

''.

References

External links

Official website with more on book and author
1979 British novels Novels by Rosemary Sutcliff British children's novels Modern Arthurian fiction Novels set in the 6th century 1979 children's books Holy Grail in fiction The Bodley Head books {{1970s-child-hist-novel-stub