The Sword in the Stone
Classical Stories · No. 20 — The kingdom decided by the boy nobody was watching.
- Classical Stories
- 45 min
- Ages 8–13
- 7 chapters
About this audiobook
When King Uther dies without a known heir, Britain falls into years of quarrel — until there appears in a London churchyard a stone, an anvil, and a sword, with gold letters promising the crown to whoever draws it. Every duke and baron in the land heaves at it and fails. Years later, at a New Year's tournament, a sixteen-year-old squire named Arthur — raised by kind Sir Ector, never told where he came from — is sent galloping back for his brother's forgotten sword. The inn is locked. The churchyard is on the way. And there is a perfectly good sword sticking out of that stone.
Why it's worth a listen
A kingdom without a king, a churchyard stone with a sword through it, and a squire's errand-boy who only wanted to fetch a blade for his brother. The season closes with the legend that begins all of Arthur — where the proof of a king is not strength but the small faithful things done when nobody is looking.
A question to keep
If no one expected anything of you, what would you quietly become?
Chapters
- The Hollow Throne
- The Silent Iron
- The Boy Who Was Good at Small Things
- The Errand and the Stone
- The Gift of the Blade
- The Barons' Pride
- A Question to Keep