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Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy

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Merlin

Stephen R. Lawhead · 480 pages

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 unit

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The Eagles' Brood

Jack Whyte · 416 pages

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The Seeing Stone

Kevin Crossley-Holland · 340 pages

In late twelfth-century England, a thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts how Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone which shows him images of the legendary King Arthur, the events of whose life seem to have many parallels to his own.

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The Mists of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley · 876 pages

When Morgan le Fay (Morgaine) has to sacrifice her virginity during fertility rites, the man who impregnates her is her younger brother Arthur, who she turns against when she thinks he has betrayed the old religion of Avalon.

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Queen of Camelot

Nancy McKenzie · 751 pages

Queen of Camelot (Queen of Camelot #1-2) by Nancy McKenzie 4.07 · Rating details · 2,474 Ratings · 198 Reviews On the night of Guinevere’s birth, a wise woman declares a prophecy of doom for the child: She will be gwenhwyfar, the white shadow, destined to betray her king, and be herself betrayed. Years pass, and Guinevere becomes a great beauty, riding free a

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The Winter Prince

Elizabeth Wein · 202 pages

Medraut, the bitter, illegitimate son of King Artos, is tempted into joining Morgause, the king's treacherous sister, in a plot against Lleu, the legitimate Prince of Britain.

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Enemy of God

Bernard Cornwell · 416 pages

The continuing story of Arthur, the second in a trilogy which began with THE WINTER KING. The novels bring Arthur and his world to vivid life. A man battling for his vision of the future in a brutal age, dragged down by suspicions and magics of the past, surrounded by intrigue, dependent on his skill at war and genius for leadership.

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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

John Steinbeck · 364 pages

Steinbeck was interested in the Arthurian legends for all his life. This is a beautiful retelling of these stories, with deep psychological insight.

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The Once and Future King

T.H. White · 642 pages

T. H. White's modern classic about King Arthur. This particular edition may have been published in Russia, but it is in fact written in English. I just finished reading this edition on the Open Library. I wonder why it is described as being written in Russian?

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In Winter's Shadow

Gillian Bradshaw · 320 pages

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Fool's Fate

Robin Hobb · 810 pages

A heralded writer of epic fantasy, Robin Hobb has given readers worlds within worlds in her heroic Farseer and Liveship Traders trilogies. Now she takes the final step in the breathtaking trilogy of the Tawny Man, as the tale of FitzChivalry Farseer comes to an epic end. Rife with boundless adventure and unforgettable characters, Fool's Fate is destined to become a classic of the genre.Assassin, s

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Sword at Sunset

Rosemary Sutcliff · 480 pages

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Here Lies Arthur

Philip Reeve · 304 pages

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Sword of the Rightful King

Jane Yolen · 368 pages

"The newly crowned King Arthur has yet to win the support of the people. Merlin must do something before the king is betrayed, or murdered, or--worst of all--gets married..."

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The Complete Lyonesse

Jack Vance · 1,040 pages

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The Darkest Road

Guy Gavriel Kay

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain · 410 pages

A blow on the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom by organizing a school system, constructing telephone lines, and inventing the printing press.

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Parsifal's Page

Gerald Morris · 240 pages

In medieval England, eleven-year-old Piers' dream comes true when he becomes page to Parsifal, a peasant whose quest for knighthood reveals important secrets about both of their families.

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The Lost Queen

Signe Pike · 527 pages

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The Dark Is Rising Sequence

Susan Cooper · 1,088 pages

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