Joyous Gard Joyous Gard The castle of Joyous Gard is the home of the knight Lancelot as mentioned in Arthurian legend. It has been associated with Bamburgh Castle. In Arthurian legend, the Joyous Gard is the home of Sir Lancelot, who names it as such when he sets up his household at the castle. Late medieval British author Thomas Malory gives the following details. After Lancelot's adulterous and treasonous affair with Queen Guinevere, Lancelot rescues Guinevere, who is under sentence of death from King Arthur, and brings her to the Joyous Gard. According to the Stanzaic "Morte Arthur", Arthur then unsuccessfully besieges
The Legend of Deathwalker The Legend of Deathwalker The Legend of Deathwalker is a heroic fantasy novel written by British author David Gemmell, it was first published in 1996 and was reprinted in 1999. The book follows on from the novel "The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend" and was the 7th book to be released in the Drenai Series. It is also one of three stories compiled into a single collection in "Drenai Tales Volume Three", along with "Winter Warriors" and "Hero in the Shadows". The book details the life of the character Druss and is set chronologically after the main events in