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Jack Whyte

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Template:Short description Template:Similar names Template:Infobox person Jack Whyte (March 15, 1940Template:SpndFebruary 22, 2021) was a Scottish-Canadian novelist of historical fiction. Born and raised in Scotland, he moved to Canada in 1967. He resided in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Early lifeEdit

Whyte was born in Scotland on March 15, 1940. He resided there until relocating to Canada in 1967.<ref name=Penguin>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was employed at a local school for one year, where he taught English. He subsequently worked as an author, musician, and actor.<ref name="CBC obit">Template:Cite news</ref> He and his wife, Beverley,<ref name="CBC obit"/> initially lived in Alberta before settling in Kelowna in 1996.<ref name=Michaels>Template:Cite news</ref>

WritingsEdit

Whyte's major work was a series of historical novels retelling the story of King Arthur against the backdrop of Roman Britain. This version of the popular legend eschews the use of magic to explain Arthur's ascent to power and instead relies on the historical condition (with some artistic licence) of post-Roman Britain to support the theory that Arthur was meant to counter the anarchy left by the Roman departure from Britain in 410 AD and the subsequent colonization and invasion of Britain by various peoples from Northwestern Europe, including the Saxons, Jutes, Franks, and Angles. Whyte incorporates traditional Arthurian names, places and events (albeit in Gaelic or Latin form) as well as the names of various historical figures that have been suggested as being the possible basis for the original King Arthur legend. The tacit implication is that Whyte's version of history is the true story that has become distorted over time to become the legend and stories of magic that we know today. The series has been published in different locations under three different titles. In Canada it was titled A Dream of Eagles, while in the United States it was retitled The Camulod Chronicles.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> When it was eventually republished in Great Britain with a different reading order, it became Legends of Camelot.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Whyte served as the official bard of The Calgary Highlanders and performed several tracks of poetry and song on the 1990 recording by the Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders entitled Eighty Years of Glory: The Regimental Pipes, Drums and Bard of The Calgary Highlanders.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Camulod ChroniclesEdit

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A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles or Legends of Camelot)Edit

The two volumes The Sorcerer: The Fort at River's Bend and The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis were written as a single volume entitled The Sorcerer, but were split for publication.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A Dream of Eagles PrequelEdit

Golden Eagle (companion mini-series)Edit

OtherEdit

  • Uther (published as Pendragon in Great Britain) is a stand-alone novel about the life of Uther Pendragon from infancy up until the end of events in The Eagles' Brood. It serves to answer questions left open by The Eagles' Brood that result from the fact that the latter is told exclusively from the perspective of Merlyn Britannicus and as such is not able to explain actions and events of which Merlyn is unaware.<ref name=Uther>Template:Cite book</ref> Uther is also a companion novel to The Eagles' Brood,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> as it follows the title character and others as they grow up and wage war on Uther's main enemy, Guhlrys Lot, King of Cornwall.<ref name=Uther/>

The Templar TrilogyEdit

  • Knights of the Black and White (released August 1, 2006, in Canada) Template:ISBN
  • Standard of Honor (released August 28, 2007, in Canada) Template:ISBN
  • Order in Chaos (released in August 2009) Template:ISBN

The Guardians of ScotlandEdit

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Short fictionEdit

Though primarily a novelist, Whyte has also written and published at least one short story:

Later lifeEdit

Although Whyte received letters from readers around the world, he lived in obscurity in Kelowna.<ref name=Michaels/> He died on the night of February 22, 2021, at Kelowna Hospice House. He was 80, and suffered from cancer prior to his death.<ref name="CBC obit"/><ref name=Seymour>Template:Cite news</ref>

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