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Strange Majesty: Legends Of Vortigern And The Forgotten Kings Of Britain

28th May
The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester, LE1 5FQ
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Award-winning writer and storyteller Simon Heywood

Strange Majesty legends of Vortigern and the forgotten kings of Britain

... they rode there, helmed

With a strange majesty that the heathen horde

Remembered after all were overwhelmed ...

The famous tales of Arthur are only one small part of a long cycle of legends of the kings of ancient Britain tales of heroes and villains, courage and cowardice, glory and crime, and triumph, tragedy and treason, stretching down generations, coming to a head in a final war between the Britons and the seaborne Saxon invaders. Award-winning writer and storyteller Simon Heywood combines music, song and storytelling to bring new life to a forgotten treasure trove of tales, remembering the strange majesty of the kings of Albion, from Brutus to Belin, Locrin to Lear, Arthur, Merlin and Vortigern.

"One of the English storytelling scene's top hands"

- Stirrings

Strange Majesty is a companion piece to Simon Heywood's book The Legend of Vortigern, published in 2013 by the History Press as part of their Ancient Legends Retold series.

(over 65, unemployed)

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19:00 to 21:00 - Thursday 28th May

  • Standard: £10
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The Guildhall
Guildhall Lane
Leicester
LE1 5FQ
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