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1) The cleaving
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The Cleaving is an Arthurian retelling that follows the tangled stories of four women: Nimue, Ygraine, Morgana, and Guinevere, as they fight to control their own destinies amid the wars and rivalries that will determine the destiny of Britain. The legendary epics of King Arthur and Camelot don't tell the whole story. Chroniclers say Arthur's mother Ygraine married the man that killed her husband. They say that Arthur's half-sister Morgana turned...
2) Lancelot
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Language
English
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"A modern knight-errant on a quest after evil; grotesque, convincing and chilling." —The New York Times Book ReviewFed up with the excesses of the 1970s, Lancelot Andrews Lamar, a liberal lawyer and distinguished member of the New Orleans gentry, is determined to stop the modern world's ethical collapse. His quest begins with his wife—an actress who he suspects has been cheating on him for years. Though he initially plans...
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of some of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. The stories are so iconic that just a name, a word, conjures romance and betrayal, chivalry and magic. These are legends so embedded in our culture that they feel real; that as...
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English
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One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court begins when Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a nineteenth-century New England arms factory, is struck on the head during a quarrel and awakens to find himself among the knights and magicians of King Arthur's Camelot. The 'Yankee' vows brashly to "boss the whole country inside of three weeks" and embarks on an ambitious plan to modernize Camelot...
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Publisher
Racehorse for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
King Arthur's stories are timeless tales that have been told countless times since the fifteenth century when Sir Thomas Malory introduced them in Le Morte d'Arthur. The basis for the upcoming film, this collection is retold by famed American poet and author Sidney Lanier. He imbues the legendary stories with action and adventure, accompanied by N. C. Wyeth's breathtaking illustrations. Readers will enjoy the daring exploits of Arthur and his knights....
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Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Translated, adapted, told, and retold, the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have captivated imaginations across time. Now comes a lavishly illustrated, masterful retelling sure to enthrall a new generation of readers. From the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to the quest for the Holy Grail, stories both familiar and unfamiliar are woven into a vivid tapestry of Arthurian lore that spans from the king's conception...
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Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
"Who was King Arthur? Did he ever really live? And where do his legends come from? This book explores the historical King Arthur - perhaps Roman, perhaps Saxon, Breton, or Pictish - and the origins of the literary legends about him that have remained so popular throughout the centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
10) Uther
Author
Series
Camulod chronicles volume 7
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the story of Uther, the father of King Arthur, follows his boyhood and adventures throughout Britain, his close friendship with Merlyn, and his desire for a woman who is forbidden to him.
11) Merlin's bones
Author
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In post-Arthurian England, 10-year old Amby and the troupe of traveling players he belongs to are on the run from a conqueror. He has been gifted with second-sight, and when the troupe stumbles upon an unoccupied castle he is the only one in the group who senses the power that lies within the stone building. In the near future, the Fisher King, Mordred and Morgan le Fay seek to gain control of Dr. Elaine Brusen's hypostater, a machine capable of altering...
12) The game
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Two estranged sisters are brought by a friend back into an alternate world modeled on the landscapes of Arthurian romance that they visited as little girls.
Author
Series
King Arthur series (Howard Pyle) volume 1
Publisher
C. Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1954.
Language
English
14) King Arthur
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Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the story of the boy fated to be the "Once and Future King," covering his glorious reign and his tragic, yet triumphant, passing. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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Series
Once and future king volume 5
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
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The "last" chapter of The once and Future King," which tells how Arthur, Guenever, and Lancelot come to their ends.
18) The Saxon shore
Author
Series
Camulod chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
19) The crystal cave
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English
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Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys--or as he would later be known, Merlin--leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon, and the conception of Arthur--king for once and always.
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Series
Warlord chronicles volume 3
Language
English
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"The best Arthurian fiction since Gillian Bradshaw, if not Mary Stewart herself" ("The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"), "Excalibur" offers a brilliant conclusion to Cornwell's popular Arthurian trilogy.
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