King Arthur's Knights had been the first book Arthur had read late at night under the covers with a torch...it was he supposed, thinking back on it, the first book that had showed him what reading was really all about.

Charlie Lovett
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King Arthur's Knights was a collection of medieval stories based on Arthurian legend. It was published in the late 1800s and became Arthur's favorite book as a child. He often said that he had been reading it since he was a baby. The book was a popular text used to teach the English language to the children of Britain, and Arthur believed that it had an impact on his life as a leader.

When he became king, he commissioned a statue of the Knights of the Round Table to stand guard over the city of Camelot. He also established a school for boys called Eton College, which prompted him to say "Eton is my second home."

Source: The Lost Book Of The Grail

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