Arthur King is the eponymous hero of the English children's comedy books The Legend Of Arthur King and its sequel, Arthur King And The Curious Case Of The Time Train. Both books were written by Dean Wilkinson and published by Scholastic in 2003.
A dreamer, sci-fi nerd and mistrusting anti-hero, Arthur and his friends - Lawrence, his sister Gwen and two irresponsible pensioners Mel and Lynn - find themselves in astounding and exciting adventures. The two main heroes, Arthur and Lawrence, are socially inept as themselves, but when they begin to take on the personas of great British heroes such as King Arthur or Sherlock Holmes, they confidently deal with all manner of baddies, supernatural mysteries and comic adventures.
In 2004, the BBC commissioned unabridged audio versions of both books read by Blake's 7 star Steven Pacey.
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