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A Literary Guild Featured Alternate Here is the magical legend of King Arthur, vividly retold through the eyes and lives of the women who wielded power from behind the throne. A spellbinding novel, an extraordinary literary achievement, THE MISTS OF AVALON will stay with you for a long time to come....

The Once and Future King

by T. H. White

A novel about the court of King Arthur, which was the basis for the movie "Camelot".

The Arthurian Saga: Book 1

The Crystal Cave

by Mary Stewart

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.

The Arthurian Saga: Book 2

The Hollow Hills

by Mary Stewart

Keeping watch over the young Arthur Pendragon, the prince and prophet Merlin Ambrosius is haunted by dreams of the magical sword Caliburn, which has been hidden for centuries. When Uther Pendragon is killed in battle, the time of destiny is at hand, and Arthur must claim the fabled sword to become the true High King of Britain.

The Arthurian Saga: Book 3

The Last Enchantment

by Mary Stewart

Arthur Pendragon is King! Unchallenged on the battlefield, he melds the country together in a time of promise. But sinister powers plot to destroy Camelot, and when the witch-queen Morgause -- Arthur's own half sister -- ensnares him in an incestuous liaison, a fatal web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is woven.

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Puffin Classics)

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Puffin Classics)

by Sir Thomas Malory, Roger Lancelyn Green

Retold out of the old romances, this collection of Arthurian tales endeavors to make each adventure--"The Quest for the Round Table", "The First Quest of Sir Lancelot", "How the Holy Grail Came to Camelot", and so forth--part of a fixed pattern that effectively presents the whole story, as it does in Le Morte D'Arthur, but in a way less intimidating to young readers.

Le Morte D'Arthur: Complete Unabridged, New Illustrated Edition

Le Morte D'Arthur: Complete Unabridged, New Illustrated Edition

by Sir Thomas Malory, John Matthews, Stephen H. A. Shepherd, R. M. Lumiansky, Helen Cooper, Andrew Lang

From the incredible wizardry of Merlin to the undeniable passion of Sir Launcelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights offer epic adventures with the supernatural-as well as timeless battles with our own humanity.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Penguin Classics)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Penguin Classics)

by Brian Stone, W. S. Merwin, Marie Borroff, Selina Hastings, Mark Shannon, Michael Morpurgo, Helen Cooper, Jessie Laidlay Weston, Elisabeth Brewer, Keith Harrison, [Sir Gawain and The Green Knight], Brian (Trans.) Stone, J A [Ed] Burrows, Karen Wallace, T.H, M R [translated into modern English] (Illustrated by Galsworthy) Ridley, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, Marie Borroff, Sir Israel Re-Editor GOLLANCZ, W.R.J., ERNEST J.B. KIRTLAN, Brian (translator) Stone, JAMES R KREUZER, Jessie L.Weston, ed and intro Barron, Jr., Translator Banks

A New Year's feast at King Arthur's court is interrupted by the appearance of a gigantic Green Knight, resplendent on horseback. He challenges any one of Arthur's men to behead him, provided that if he survives he can return the blow a year later. Sir Gawain accepts the challenge and decapitates the knight but the mysterious warrior cheats death and vanishes, bearing his head with him. The following winter Gawain... (more)

Arthurian Romances (Dover Value Editions)

Arthurian Romances (Dover Value Editions)

by Chretien De Troyes, Chre?tien

Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chretien de Troyes fashioned a new form of medieval Romance. The Knight of the Cart is the first telling of the adulterous relationship between Lancelot and Arthur's Queen Guinevere, and in The Knight with the Lion Yvain neglects his bride in his quest for greater glory. Erec and Enide... (more)

The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Book 2

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

"WHEN THE DARK COMES RISING, SIX SHALL TURN THEM BACK...." When Will Stanton wakes up on the morning of his birthday, he discovers an unbelievable gift -- he is immortal. Bemused and terrified, he finds he is the last of the Old Ones, magical men and women sworn to protect the world from the source of evil, the Dark. At once Will is plunged into a quest to find six magical Signs to aid the powers of the Light.... (more)

Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country (Guenevere Novels (Paperback))

Guenevere: Book 1

Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country (Guenevere Novels (Paperback))

by Rosalind Miles

Last in a line of proud queens elected to rule the fertile lands of the West, true owner of the legendary Round Table, guardian of the Great Goddess herself . . . a woman whose story has never been told -- until now Raised in the tranquil beauty of the Summer Country, Princess Guenevere has led a charmed and contented life -- until the sudden, violent death of her mother, Queen Maire, leaves the Summer Country... (more)

Avalon: Book 2

The Forest House

by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson

Eilan, the daughter of a Druidic warleader, is gifted with visionary powers that cause her to be named a High Priestess at the Forest House, but she is unable to resist her forbidden love for the soldier Gaius. Reprint.

The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Book 1

Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper, Margery Gill

On holiday in Cornwall, the three Drew children discover an ancient map in the attic of the house that they are staying in. They know immediately that it is special. It is even more than that -- the key to finding a grail, a source of power to fight the forces of evil known as the Dark. And in searching for it themselves, the Drews put their very lives in peril. This is the first volume of Susan Cooper's... (more)

The Arthurian Saga: Book 4

The Wicked Day

by Mary Stewart

Born of an incestuous relationship between King Arthur and his half sister, the evil sorceress Morgause, the bastard Mordred is reared in secrecy. Called to Camelot by events he cannot deny, Mordred becomes Arthur’s most trusted counselor -- a fateful act that leads to the "wicked day of destiny" when father and son must face each other in battle.

Avalon: Book 3

Lady of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson

New York Times bestselling author Marion Zimmer Bradley brings the mesmerizing world of myth, romance and history to life in the spellbinding novel of epic grandeur! Before the legend of King Arthur and Camelot, there was Avalon, a beautiful island of golden vales and silver mists. A land where the lives of three powerful priestesses shape the destiny of Roman Britian as they fight to regain the magic and... (more)

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

by Howard Pyle

The thrilling and timeless legend, masterfully illustrated. The story of the incomparable Arthur, the lovely Guinevere, the wicked Morgana le Fey, and the magical Merlin has enthralled and delighted readers for centuries.

The Warlord Chronicles: Book 1

The Winter King

A Novel of Arthur

by Bernard Cornwell

It takes a remarkable writer to make an old story as fresh and compelling as the first time we heard it. With The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell finally turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. The tale begins in Dark Age Britain, a land where Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared, where a child-king sits... (more)

The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Book 4

The Grey King

by Susan Cooper

There is a Welsh legend about a harp of gold, hidden within a certain hill, that will be found by a boy and a white dog with silver eyes -- a dog that can see the wind. Will Stanton knew nothing of this when he came to Wales to recover from a severe illness. But when he met Bran, the strange boy who owned a white dog, he began to remember. For Will is the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to saving... (more)

Avalon: Book 4

Priestess Of Avalon

by Diana L. Paxson, Marion Zimmer Bradley

Not since The Mists of Avalon has there been such a powerful and mesmerizing portrait of goddess-powered womanhood and women's spirituality. In Priestess of Avalon, the legendary Marion Zimmer Bradley once again reaches back in time to create a magnificent prequel to her undying classic of Camelot. Priestess of Avalon tells the timeless story of Eilan-known to the Romans as Helena-a British princess raised... (more)

The Last Legion: A Novel

by Valerio Manfredi

The Roman world is in the throes of death, but a new myth, destined to span the centuries, is waiting to be born. The camp was quiet. Mist shrouded the plains and the Nova Invicta Legion, the legendary warriors charged with protecting the last emperor of Rome, settled in for another cold and bitter night. Then, through the fog, the barbarians appeared. In a space of a few hours, all was lost -- the Roman Empire... (more)

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by Marion Zimmer Bradley

by T. H. White

by Mary Stewart

by Mary Stewart

by Mary Stewart

by Sir Thomas Malory, Roger Lancelyn Green

by Sir Thomas Malory, John Matthews, Stephen H. A. Shepherd, R. M. Lumiansky, Helen Cooper, Andrew Lang

by Chretien De Troyes, Chre?tien

by Susan Cooper

by Rosalind Miles

by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson

by Susan Cooper, Margery Gill

by Mary Stewart

by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson

by Howard Pyle

A Novel of Arthur

by Bernard Cornwell

by Susan Cooper

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by Valerio Manfredi