of the middle ages. Later, the rise of literary scholarship and the nineteenth-century enthusiasm for all things medieval gave way to twentieth-century New Age refashionings.

Most of the material is based on the recently published book by Richard Barber,
The Holy Grail: The History of a Legend (Penguin Books), which has also appeared
in the U S as The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief (Harvard University Press) and as Graal in Italian (Edizione Piemme). A German edition,Der Heilige Gral(Patmos Verlag)
will appear in 2005. Other publishers will be Distribuidora Record (Brazil), Editura Aquila '93 (Romania), La Liebre del Marzo (Spain) and Eksmo Publishers (Russia).protected?

A Virginia governed by Wilder would be a state of free criminals, dead cops and scared citizens.

Rob Vreeland

Williamsburg

IN THE FOREFRONT

The Democratic Party has endorsed Lt. Gov. Douglas Wilder to be the next governor. They know he is the most experienced and best qualified person running for the governor's office.

All Virginians know that Wilder has been in the forefront for more than 20 years with his heart, hands and head working for all Virginians.

Wilder had to be two or three times better qualified than most to rise to this position. His climb up the political ladder has not been easy. Many obstacles, stumbling blocks, disappointments and high hurdles to jump have been present. He has displayed tenacity, perserverance, endurance, coping skills, love of country and faith in God, to