Galahad and the Grail

“An astonishing achievement, a ballad that picks you up and sweeps you onward into adventure, solemn magic, and beauty.” — Susanna Clarke, author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Piranesi

In this first Volume of Merlin’s Isle, join the prophesied youth, Sir Galahad, and the other knights of the quest as they set out from Camelot to achieve the Holy Grail. The accomplishment of their goal will heal not only the wounded Fisher King, but will bring about the long-hoped for healing of the land itself.

Acclaimed poet Malcolm Guite’s masterwork, a lifetime in the making
Illustrated by award-winning artist Stephen Crotts
Foreword by Hugo Award-winning author Susanna Clarke
More than 25 full-page illustrations
Full-color interior with unique illuminated capitals
Clothbound hardcover with dust jacket
Accessible for all ages
A true, new epic of English Literature

Here at the height of his poetic power, Malcolm Guite delivers a tale of adventure in ballad form that plumbs the depths of the human soul, carries readers through the Wasteland, and sets us upon the numinous shores of Faerie in all its mystery and meaning.

This is not an epic destined to be sequestered in the halls of academia, but a tale to be read by young and old alike, to be read aloud among friends, to be read and cherished for generations to come.

Author Biography

Malcolm Guite is a poet and priest, and Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. He lives in Norfolk, England, and lectures widely in England and North America on theology and literature. His books include Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year (Canterbury 2012), The Singing Bowl: Collected Poems (Canterbury 2013), Parable and Paradox (Canterbury Press 2016), Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Hodder 2017), After Prayer (Canterbury Press 2019), The Word Within the Words (DLT 2021), and Lifting The Veil: Imagination and the Kingdom of God (Square Halo 2021). He has a Youtube series called “A Spell in the Library” at YouTube.com/c/MalcolmGuitespell.

Stephen Crotts is an illustrator and printmaker whose work has been featured in award-winning books and albums with clients such as Andrew Peterson, Phil Wickham, and Christianity Today. He has received the ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award and two GMA Dove Award nominations for album cover art. His illustrated books include the NET Art Edition Bible and two children’s books, The Sower and The Forgotten King. Stephen founded Friday Arts Project, a non-profit arts organization curating conversation and fostering craft to call forth a fully human community.