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Series
Pendragon cycle volume 3
Pub. Date
c1989
Description
Arthur, High King and Pendragon of the Island of the Mighty, prevails against barbarian troops and peace reigns for a short time until a deadly trap is set by the sorceress Morgian.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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...
87) Young Arthur
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Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Recounts the story of King Arthur's boyhood, the sword in the stone, his first victorious battle, and his unification of a new kingdom.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
The first publication of a previously unknown narrative poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur. Tolkien's only venture into the legends of Arthur, this may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter, where he brings to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful...
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
In Constantinople on a trip to the Holy Land, where her Scottish family has battled Saracen invaders for two generations, Celtic beauty CaitrŁona is desolate when her father is stabbed to death in the crowded cathedral of Ayia Sophia by unscrupulous Templar Renaud de Bracineaux.
Author
Series
Camulod chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
We know the legends: Arthur brought justice to a land that had known only cruelty and force; his father, Uther, carved a kingdom out of the chaos of the fallen Roman Empire; the sword Excalibur, drawn from stone by England's greatest king. But legends do not tell the whole tale. Legends do not tell of the despairing Roman soldiers, abandoned by their empire, faced with the choice of fleeing back to Rome or struggling to create a last stronghold against...
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Description
"367 A.D. The empire is falling. The legions of Rome are in retreat. The green and pleasant lands of Britain have become a dark and deadly killing ground. It is a time that breeds treachery in some men and greatness in others."--BOOK JACKET. "This is the rich and rousing story of Gaius Publius Varrus, one of the finest soldiers ever to fight under the eagles of Rome. He is among the first to see the truth, that Britain must fend for itself in an increasingly...
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