King Arthur was the son of Uther Pendragon and the Princess Igerna, wife of Gorlois, duke of Cornwall, and ruled Britain around the 5th century. He married Guinevere or Ginevra; established the famous order of the Round Table; and reigned, surrounded by a splendid court, twelve years in peace. After this, as the poets relate, he conquered Denmark, Norway, and France, slew the giants of Spain, and went to Rome. From thence he is said to have hastened home on account of the faithlessness of his wife, and Modred, his nephew, who had stirred up his subjects to rebellion. He subdued the rebels, but died in consequence of his wounds, on the island of Avalon. The story of Arthur is supposed to have some foundation in fact, and has ever been a favourite subject with our romanticists and our poets. It is generally believed that Arthur was one of the last great Celtic chiefs who led his countrymen from the west of England to resist the settlement of the Saxons in the country. But many authorities regard him as a leader of the Cymry of Cumbria and Strath-Clyde against the Saxon invaders of the east coast and the Picts and Scots north of the Forth and the Clyde. Research Arthur
Wilhelm Haring, best known as Wilibald Alexis, was a German novelist. He was born in 1797 and died in 1871. He adopted law as a profession, but gave it up in favour of literature. In 1823 and 1827 respectively he published the novels Walladmor and Schloss Avalon, which were translated into English and other languages. These were followed by a long series of writings, consisting not only of novels and novelettes, but of books of travel, plays, ballads, etc. His most important works, however, were historic novels, such as Cabanis, Roland von Berlin, Der Falsche Waldemar, etc. Research Wilhelm Haring
Avalon: Beyond The Abyss is a Sci-fi adventure starring Parker Stevenson, Krista Allen, Mehgan Heaney-Grier, Billy Rieck and Shelli Lether in a story about an eco-unit going into action when the destruction of an island in the Gulf of Mexico unleashes poisonous bacteria into the sea. Avalon: Beyond The Abyss was directed by Philip Sgriccia in 1999. Research Avalon: Beyond The Abyss
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