Here Lies Arthur

Here Lies Arthur
Front cover of first edition
AuthorPhilip Reeve
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's adventure novel, historical novel
PublisherScholastic UK
Publication date
2 April 2007
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages289 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-0-439-95533-1
OCLC77540798
LC ClassPZ7.R25576 He 2008[1]

Here Lies Arthur is a young-adult novel by Philip Reeve, published by Scholastic in 2007. Set in fifth or sixth century Britain and the Anglo-Saxon invasion, it features a girl who participates in the deliberate construction of legendary King Arthur during the man's lifetime, orchestrated by a bard. Reeve calls it a back-creation: not a genuine historical novel as it is not based on actual specific events; rather it is "back-created" from the legends, giving them a "realistic" origin.[2]

Reeve won the annual Carnegie Medal, recognising the year's best children's book published in the UK.[3]

Scholastic published the first US edition in November 2008.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Here lies arthur" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  2. ^ Philip Reeve, "Author's Note", Here Lies Arthur.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference medal2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).