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Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy

Mary Stewart · 923 pages

A trilogy plus one. Book One: The Crystal Cave, Book Two: The Hollow Hills, Book Three: The Last Enchantment, Book Four: The Wicked Day. Book One: The Crystal Cave. From a young child, a bastard with an unknown father, we watch Merlin grow from a shy child to a young man who discovers and claims his power as the close council to Kings of Britain. From the dust jacket, "Into this strange world

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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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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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Sword at Sunset

Rosemary Sutcliff · 480 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 Confessions of Young Nero

Margaret George · 514 pages

"New York Times bestselling author Margaret George has brought history to vivid life with her chronicles of queens and kings. Now, she turns her gaze to an Emperor ... Built on the backs of those who fell before it, Julius Caesar's imperial dynasty is only as strong as the next person who seeks to control it. In the Roman Empire no one is safe from the sting of betrayal: man, woman--or child. As 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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I, Claudius/Claudius the God

Robert Graves · 848 pages

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Firelord

Parke Godwin · 396 pages

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Hannibal

Ross Leckie · 256 pages

A battle is like lust. The frenzy passes. Consequence remains. Hannibal is an epic vision of one of history's greatest adventurers, the almost mythical man who most famously led his soldiers on elephants over the Alps. In Ross Leckie's unforgettable re-creation of the Punic wars, it is Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, who narrates the story, and who is carried by his all-consuming ambition thro

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The High Queen

Marion Zimmer Bradley

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Catilina's Riddle

Steven Saylor · 495 pages

63 BC: Gordianus attempts to find out why headless bodies keep appearing on his newly-inherited farm and contend with hostile neighbors—all cousins of his benefactor—while he is entangled in republican conspiracy and counter-conspiracy. in Rome, Meto celebrates his toga party, on his sixteenth birthday.

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The Last Legion

Valerio Massimo Manfredi · 448 pages

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Priestess of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson · 394 pages

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Child of the Northern Spring

Persia Woolley · 484 pages

A recreation of the Arthurian legend which chronicles Guinevere's youth and her subsequent marriage to Arthur in Britain in the Dark Ages.

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The Roman

Mika Waltari · 572 pages

The Roman is a superb reconstruction of a time long ago, the Roman world in the time of the Emperors Claudius & Nero. It's the story of Minutus, of noble birth, he serves the government & travels widely thru the Empire, from his home in Antioch to the seat of world power, Rome.

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The Invasion of Gaul

S.J.A. Turney

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The Silver Pigs

Lindsey Davis · 295 pages

When Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman "informer" who has a nose for trouble that's sharper than most, encounters Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately all is not right with the pretty girl. She confesses to him that she is fleeing for her life, and Falco makes the rash decision to rescue her—a decision he will come to regret. For Sosia bears a heavy burden: as heavy as a pile of stolen I

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Knights of the Kitchen Table

Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 55 pages

Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor.

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The Road to Avalon

Joan Wolf · 368 pages

The pageantry and passionate intrigues of King Arthur’s court are expertly re-created in this historical novel—the only Arthurian novel in which all of the central characters are portrayed as intrinsically good people. This realistic retelling of the legend shows Arthur severing the bonds of bastardy, vanquishing the Saxons, and loving one woman. As the daring teenage warrior prepares for the thro

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Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome

Robert Harris · 354 pages

A tale inspired by the writings of Tiro, Cicero's confidential secretary, traces the life of the ancient Roman orator from his beginnings as a young lawyer through his competitions with Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus in the political arena.

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Lancelot And The Wolf

Sarah Luddington

“King Arthur has dominated my life for decades and now I am banished from his side. I am not certain either of us can survive this torment...” Lancelot, the greatest Knight of Camelot is almost flogged to death, exiled, and stripped of the King’s grace. He travels from England to Europe to begin a lonely, desperate life when he meets someone who will alter his perspective forever. Suddenly, he

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The Grass Crown

Colleen McCullough · 894 pages

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The Blood of Gods

Conn Iggulden · 432 pages

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