The Historical Merlin
In King Arthur: The True Story Graham and co-author Martin Keatman revealed an historical figure who seems to have been behind the King Arthur myth. The reason Arthur had not been discovered before, they proposed, is that he did not come from the south-west of England as the popular legend supposes, but from the county of Shropshire in central England. Following on from this research, Graham has now discovered the historical origins of another Arthurian figure - Merlin, King Arthur's fabled mentor and guardian of the Holy Grail.