The Ballad of Sir Dinadan

Young Dinadan has no wish to joust or quest or save damsels in distress or doany of the knightly things expected of him. Hed rather be a minstrel playinghis reb... » 

Young Dinadan has no wish to joust or quest or save damsels in distress or doany of the knightly things expected of him. Hed rather be a minstrel playinghis rebec and writing ballads. But he was born to be a knight and knights ofcourse have adventures.So after his father forces his knighthood upon him he wanders toward KingArthurs court in the company of a misguided young Welsh lad named Culloch.There Dinadan meets Sir Kai and Sir Bedivere and the three find themselvesaccompanying Culloch on the worst sort of quest.Along the way Dinadan writes his own ballads singing of honor braveryloyalty and courtly loveand becomes a player in the pathetic love story ofTristram and Iseult. He meets the Moorish knight Palomides the clever butoften exasperating Lady Brangienne and an elvin musician named Sylvanus alongwith an unusual collection of recreant knights and dimwitted defenders ofchivalry. He learns that while minstrels sing of spectacular heroic deedshonor is often found in simpler quieter ways. «