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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() History of the Kings of Britain describes how Cassibelanus (a genuine historical figure) prevents Julius Caesar from conquering Britain before going on to describe how the line of British kings continues under Roman rule. It also has some similarities to the fairy tale " Cinderella". The Leir story is the earliest written version of the tale that would become Shakespeare's King Lear. The book contains the story of King Bladud who learns magic and dies while trying to fly, the brothers Bellinus and Brennius who attack the city of Rome before it becomes the center of a powerful empire and King Leir who divides his kingdom between his three daughters according to how much they say they love him. He and his followers fight and defeat the giants who are the islands' only inhabitants at the time of their arrival. Brutus names the islands Britain, after himself. The book goes on to describe how his great-grandson Brutus the Trojan is banished from Italy and led by the goddess Diana to settle in some islands in the western sea. The first events described in the book are a retelling of The Aeneid, describing how the Trojan Aeneas settles in Italy. The events chronicled in History of the Kings of Britain span across a period of some two thousand years, from the first human inhabitants arriving in Britain to the Saxon invasion and the rule of the last British king.ฤก6th century depiction of Brutus of Troy, the first King of Britain in Geoffrey's History. ![]()
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