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ISBN 9780374523787 (0-374-52378-9, 0374523789)

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: From the Winchester MSS. of Thomas Malory and Other Sources

by John Steinbeck

ISBN 0374523789 (0-374-52378-9)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux

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A retelling of Mallory's King Arthur legends. [via]

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Arthur

by Steve Lawhead

ISBN 0310205077 (0-310-20507-7)
Softcover, Zondervan

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In a forgotten age of darkness a magnificent king arose to light the world.

They called him unfit to rulea lowborn, callow boy, Uther's bastard. But his coming had been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. He had learned the uses of power from his guide and protector, Merlin. He was Arthur, Pendragon of the Island of the Mightywho would rise to legendary greatness in a Britain torn by violence, greed and war; the Lord of Summer who would usher in a glorious reign of peace and prosperity . . . and whose noble, trusting heart would be broken by treachery.

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ISBN 9780140445213 (0-14-044521-8, 0140445218)

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Arthurian Romances

by Chretien De Troyes, William W. Kibler

ISBN 0140445218 (0-14-044521-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Stella Cataloni, District Attorney, has never lost a case. She has convicted every criminal who crossed her doorstep - except the one who stole her family and marked her for life. Stella's parents died in afire when she was seventeen. She managed to rescue her brother but sustained appalling scars. Stella remembers little about that night of the fire and has no idea who caused it, but now she knows she must confront it. Her privatelife's a mess; she's divorcing her husband and falling in love with her divorce attorney; the least she can do is unravel her haunting past. But in doing so she puts her reputation at stake and her life in jeapardy. [via]

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ISBN 9780486223483 (0-486-22348-5, 0486223485)

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Beardsleys Illustrations for Le Morte D'Arthur

by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

ISBN 0486223485 (0-486-22348-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns

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ISBN 9780292707696 (0-292-70769-X, 029270769X)

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The Book of Merlyn

by Terence Hanbury White

ISBN 029270769X (0-292-70769-X)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. [via]

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ISBN 9780441006632 (0-441-00663-9, 0441006639)

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The Book of Merlyn

by T. H. White

ISBN 0441006639 (0-441-00663-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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The New York Times bestseller...now in a beautiful new trade edition.

An evocative and exciting tale of wizardry and war, this magnificent fantasy of the last days of King Arthur, his faithful magician and his animal teachers, completes the tragedy and romance of T. H. White's masterpiece The Once and Future King.

"And so the grand epic comes full circle, 'rounded and bright and done,' as White had wished it would be."--Boston Sunday Globe [via]

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ISBN 9780520038257 (0-520-03825-8, 0520038258)

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Caxton's Mallory

by William Matthews, Jamesw Spisak

ISBN 0520038258 (0-520-03825-8)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr

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Caxton's Malory is the first scholarly edition since the nineteenth century of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Mort D'Arthur as it was printed by William Caxton in 1485. The first volume contains Caxton's text, illustrated with twenty-one beautiful woodcuts from William Copland's edition of 1557. The second volume contains the extensive critical apparatus.

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ISBN 9780192812179 (0-19-281217-3, 0192812173)

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Complete Works

by Thomas Malory

ISBN 0192812173 (0-19-281217-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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This single-volume edition of the complete works of Sirhe Thomas Malory retains his 15th-century English while providing an introduction, glossary, and fifty pages of explanatory notes on each romance. [via]

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ISBN 9780060548254 (0-06-054825-8, 0060548258)

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Crystal Cave

by Mary Stewart

ISBN 0060548258 (0-06-054825-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Initially published nearly thirty years ago, Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave has been spellbinding readers and converting them into serious Arthurian buffs ever since. The first in a series of four books, this novel focuses on the early life of Merlin the magician, and the political developments of fifth-century Britain. Not for the fainthearted, this verbose text pays careful attention to historical details and methodical plot development.

Merlin's childhood is formed by the absence of his reticent, convent-bound mother and his unnamed and unknown father. As the bastard grandson of a local king, Merlin is the object of both envy and ridicule. His strange powers and predictions earn him greater status as a pariah, and he leaves home as a preadolescent. Returning years later as a young man--empowered by self-knowledge and magic--Merlin finds himself caught in the currents of the shifting kingdoms.

As an established classic in this genre, and the first in a popular series, The Crystal Cave introduces this familiar character with fresh sensitivity. While readers looking for the romance of First Knight will be disappointed, those happy with tight writing and a complex story line will be satisfied. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien [via]

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ISBN 9780689829833 (0-689-82983-3, 0689829833)

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The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

ISBN 0689829833 (0-689-82983-3)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks

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"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back,
Three from the circle, three from the track;
Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone;
Five will return, and one go alone."

With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no mere boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that trouble the land. His task is monumental: he must find and guard the six great Signs of the Light, which, when joined, will create a force strong enough to match and perhaps overcome that of the Dark. Embarking on this endeavor is dangerous as well as deeply rewarding; Will must work within a continuum of time and space much broader than he ever imagined.

Susan Cooper, in her five-title Dark Is Rising sequence, creates a world where the conflict between good and evil reaches epic proportions. She ranks with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien in her ability to deliver a moral vision in the context of breathtaking adventure. No one can stop at just one of her thrilling fantasy novels. Among many other prestigious awards, The Dark Is Rising is a Newbery Honor Book and a Carnegie Medal Honor Book. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]

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ISBN 9780146001420 (0-14-600142-7, 0146001427)

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The Death of King Arthur

by Janet Cowen, Thomas Malory

ISBN 0146001427 (0-14-600142-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]

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ISBN 9780060548261 (0-06-054826-6, 0060548266)

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The Hollow Hills

by Mary Stewart

ISBN 0060548266 (0-06-054826-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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A magnificent tale realized by premier novelist, Mary Stewart, here is the spellbinding, suspenseful story of how Merlin, the Enchanter, helped Arthur become king of all Britain, in an extraordinary story that brings the legend Merlin and his protege Arthur to glowing life.
"Enthralling."
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ISBN 9780517368367 (0-517-36836-6, 0517368366)

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John Steinbeck : Acts of King Arthur

by Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing Staff

ISBN 0517368366 (0-517-36836-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing

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The first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton Morte d'Arthur, and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. "These stories are alive even in those of us who have not read them. And, in our day, we are perhaps impatient with the words and the stately rhythms of Malory. I wanted to set the stories down in meaning as they were written, leaving out nothing and adding nothing."

Also included are the letters John Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the editor of this volume, about his work on King Arthur.

John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was the author of many books, including Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, East of Eden, In Dubious Battle, and The Grapes of Wrath (which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1939). In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton Morte d'Arthur, and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. As the author notes in his introduction to The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights: "These stories are alive even in those of us who have not read them. And, in our day, we are perhaps impatient with the words and the stately rhythms of Malory. I wanted to set the stories down in meaning as they were written, leaving out nothing and adding nothing."

Also included in this edition are the letters Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the editor of this volume, about his work and thought concerning the Arthurian legends.

"[Steinbeck] embellishes Malory's spare legend with a richness of detail that transforms the visions, making it no one but Steinbeck's."John Gardner, The New York Times Book Review

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The Last Enchantment

by Mary Stewart

ISBN 0060548274 (0-06-054827-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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"The richest of the three...mighty...climactic...action and supsense constant, even harrowing."THE WALL STREET JOURNALArthur is King! But while unchallenged on the battlefield, sinister powers plot to destroy him in his own Camelot. When the rose-gold witch Morgause, Arthur's half-siser, ensnares him into an incestuous liaison--and bears his son, Mordred, to use to her own evil ends--a fatal web of love, betrayal and bloody vengeance is woven. [via]

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ISBN 9781404317772 (1-4043-1777-5, 1404317775)

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Le Morte D'Arthur

by Thomas Malory

ISBN 1404317775 (1-4043-1777-5)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com

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The legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table is one of the most enduring and influential stories in world literature. Its themes - love, war, religion, treachery and family loyalty - are timeless, as are the reputations of its major characters, Arthur, Merlin, Guenever and Launcelot. Malory's Le Morte Darthur is a story of noble knights, colourful tournaments and fateful love, set in a courtly society which is outwardly secure and successful, but in reality torn by dissent and, ultimately, treachery. Originally published in 1485, Malory's Le Morte Darthur is here presented in modern spelling and is accompanied by an Introduction and helpful Glossary [via]

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ISBN 9780517479773 (0-517-47977-X, 051747977X)

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Le Morte D'Arthur

by Aubrey Beardsley, Thomas Malory

ISBN 051747977X (0-517-47977-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub

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An illustrated presentation of the legendary deeds of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table follows Arthur's magical birth and accession to the throne as well as the stories of knights Sir Lancelot, Sir Tristram, and Sir Galahad. [via]

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ISBN 9780192824202 (0-19-282420-1, 0192824201)

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Le Morte D'Arthur

by Helen Cooper, Thomas Malory

ISBN 0192824201 (0-19-282420-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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The greatest English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte D'Arthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, "knight prisoner." This edition is the first designed for the general reader to be based on the "Winchester manuscript" which represents what Malory wrote more closely than the version printed by William Caxton. Extensively annotated, this edition is highly user-friendly. [via]

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ISBN 9780140430448 (0-14-043044-X, 014043044X)

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Le Morte D'Arthur

by Janet Cowen, Thomas Malory

ISBN 014043044X (0-14-043044-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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An immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery and death. Edited and first published by William Caxton in 1485, Le Morte D'Arthur is Sir Thomas Malory's unique and splendid version of the Arthurian legend. Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail; all the elements are there woven into a wonderful completeness by the magic of his prose style. The result is not only one of the most readable accounts of the knights of the Round Table but also one of the most moving. As the story advances towards the inevitable tragedy of Arthur's death the effect is cumulative, rising with an impending sense of doom and tragedy towards its shattering finale. [via]

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ISBN 9780304353675 (0-304-35367-1, 0304353671)

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Le Morte D'Arthur

by John Matthews, Thomas Malory, Anna-Marie Ferguson

ISBN 0304353671 (0-304-35367-1)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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A blessed king who strives for peace and justice; the round table where only the most gallant knights may sit; the dramatic quest for the Holy Grail; a fateful romance that destroys a dream: the epic story of King Arthur never fails to stir the imaginations of readers everywhere. This outstanding illustrated version adds to Sir Thomas Malory's skillful recounting with original artwork that creates a unique vision of Camelot. Some of these breathtaking, elaborate watercolors and pens-and-inks have hung in museums, including the depiction of the Tintagel Castle, the Sword in the Stone, Merlin and Nimue, and Guenevere rescued from the stake. With remarkable accuracy, Anna-Marie Ferguson captures every nuance of the historical period-the knights' shining armor, the intricate architecture, and the English forests with their abundant flora and fauna. Yet she also revels in the fantasy, with mysterious and magical landscapes, misty and moonlit. These legends have always been a treat for the mind-and now they are a feast for the eyes, too.

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ISBN 9780810100312 (0-8101-0031-2, 0810100312)

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Malory: The Morte Darthur

by Thomas Malory

ISBN 0810100312 (0-8101-0031-2)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr

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The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the greatest works of literature--from Cervantes's Don Quixote to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although many versions exist, Malory's stands as the classic rendition. Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries.

The stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Queen Guenever, and Tristram and Isolde seem astonishingly moving and modern. Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur endures and inspires because it embodies mankind's deepest yearnings for brotherhood and community, a love worth dying for, and valor, honor, and chivalry. [via]

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ISBN 9780451528162 (0-451-52816-6, 0451528166)

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Malory's Le Morte D' Arthur

by Thomas Malory, Keith Baines

ISBN 0451528166 (0-451-52816-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics

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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. [via]

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ISBN 9780451625670 (0-451-62567-6, 0451625676)

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Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur

by Malory Thomas

ISBN 0451625676 (0-451-62567-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library

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New rendition of the classic tale of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. [via]

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ISBN 9780310205067 (0-310-20506-9, 0310205069)

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Merlin

by Steve Lawhead

ISBN 0310205069 (0-310-20506-9)
Softcover, Zondervan

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He was born to greatness, the son of a druid bard and a princess of lost Atlantis. A trained warrior, blessed with the gifts of prophecy and song, he grew to manhood in a land ravaged by the brutal greed of petty chieftains and barbarian invaders.

Merlin: Respected, feared and hated by many, he was to have a higher destiny. for It was he who prepared the way for the momentous event that would unite the Island of the Mightythe coming of Arthur Pendragon, Lord of the Kingdom of Summer.

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ISBN 9780345350497 (0-345-35049-9, 0345350499)

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Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

ISBN 0345350499 (0-345-35049-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books

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Even readers who don't normally enjoy Arthurian legends will love this version, a retelling from the point of view of the women behind the throne. Morgaine (more commonly known as Morgan Le Fay) and Gwenhwyfar (a Welsh spelling of Guinevere) struggle for power, using Arthur as a way to score points and promote their respective worldviews. The Mists of Avalon's Camelot politics and intrigue take place at a time when Christianity is taking over the island-nation of Britain; Christianity vs. Faery, and God vs. Goddess are dominant themes.

Young and old alike will enjoy this magical Arthurian reinvention by science fiction and fantasy veteran Marion Zimmer Bradley. --Bonnie Bouman [via]

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ISBN 9780441003839 (0-441-00383-4, 0441003834)

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The Once and Future King

by Terence Hanbury White

ISBN 0441003834 (0-441-00383-4)
Softcover, Ace Books

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T.H. White's masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as Excalibur and Camelot, and a poignant story of adventure, romance, and magic that has enchanted readers for generations. [via]

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Once and Future King

by T.H. White

ISBN 0606011951 (0-606-01195-1)
Hardcover, Demco Media

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ISBN 9781416949640 (1-4169-4964-X, 141694964X)

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Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

ISBN 141694964X (1-4169-4964-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise &

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Three English children find clues to an ancient treasure linked to King Arthur and suddenly find themselves in deadly danger, pursued by forces of ancient evil. A wonderfully well-told story.--The Horn Book

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ISBN 9782070366965 (2-07-036696-0, 2070366960)

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Romans De LA Table Ronde: Erec Et Enide Cliges Lancelot, Yvain

by Chretien De Troves

ISBN 2070366960 (2-07-036696-0)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books

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369pages. poche. Poche. [via]

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Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur

by Robert Lumiansky

ISBN 0684176734 (0-684-17673-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster

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Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur

by Thomas Malory, Keith Baines

ISBN 0517020602 (0-517-02060-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub

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ISBN 9780002223737 (0-00-222373-2, 0002223732)

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Sir Thomas Malory's Tales of King Arthur

by Michael Senior, Thomas Malory

ISBN 0002223732 (0-00-222373-2)
Hardcover, Collins

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For more than 500 years the adventures of King Arthur and his knights have been a source for British mythology, known after William Caxton's edition as the "motre d'Arthur". The aim of this edition is to make a version of the tales which can be read by a contemporary reader purely for pleasure with no sense of duty or effort. The editor also writes plays, poetry and has written "Greece and its Myths, "Portrait of North Wales", "Portrait of South Wales" and "Myths of Britain". [via]

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The Skystone

by Jack Whyte

ISBN 0812551389 (0-8125-5138-9)
Softcover, Tor Books

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How do you find a new way to approach a story as familiar as any in the English language? If you're Jack Whyte, you begin your retelling of the Arthurian saga by taking one giant step backward to the latter days of the Roman Empire in Britain, sometime between the first breaching of Hadrian's Wall and the legendary days of King Arthur. Publius Varrus is the last legionnaire in Britain, and The Skystone is in many ways his story. He is a common man with aristocratic friends, and successful both as a soldier and an ironsmith. As the Roman world slowly crumbles around them, and Publius becomes involved in a political and personal vendetta, he and his friends seek to establish a refuge, a valley where the old Roman virtues will be kept alive and the empire's many faults be avoided.

A finely crafted historical novel, The Skystone pays close attention to the details of everyday life in fourth-century Britain. As the first book in Whyte's Camulod Chronicles, it makes few allusions to the usual details of the Arthurian legends until Publius comes into contact with a sword, a stone, a lake, and a Celtic tribe who name themselves Pendragon. Greg L. Johnson [via]

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ISBN 9780310205050 (0-310-20505-0, 0310205050)

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Taliesin

by Steve Lawhead

ISBN 0310205050 (0-310-20505-0)
Softcover, Zondervan

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It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the captured Isle of Britain. While across a vast sea, bloody war shattered a peace that had flourished for two thousand years in the doomed kingdom of Atlantis. Taliesin is the remarkable adventure of Charis, the Atlantean princess who escaped the terrible devastation of her homeland, and of the fabled seer and druid prince Taliesin, singer at the dawn of the age. It is the story of an incomparable love that joined two worlds amid the fires of chaos, and spawned the miracles of Merlin...and Arthur the king. [via]

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