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‘The Winter King’: Arthur, a warrior lord without a throne, in a violent and mysterious Dark Age
The series adaptation of the first novel from Bernard Cornwell’s splendid trilogy ‘The Warlord Chronicles’ doesn’t match the original’s mastery, but has its charms