The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights. by: Sir James Knowles (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542720656)

SIR JAMES KNOWLES (1831-1908), English architect and editor, was born in London in 1831, and was educated, with a view to following his father's profession, as an architect at University College and in Italy. His literary tastes also brought him at an early age into the field of authorship. In 1860 he published The Story of King Arthur. In 1867 he was introduced to Tennyson, whose house, Aldworth, on Blackdown, he designed; this led to a close friendship, Knowles assisting Tennyson in business matters, and among other things helping to design scenery for The Cup, when Irving produced that play in 1880. Knowles became intimate with a number of the most interesting men of the day, and in 1869, with Tennyson's cooperation, he started the Metaphysical Society, the object of which was to attempt some intellectual rapprochement between religion and science by getting the leading representatives of faith and unfaith to meet and exchange views.

Author: James Knowles
ISBN-10: 1542720656
ISBN-13: 9781542720656
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2017
Pages: 146
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.31d