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The Eagles' Brood

Jack Whyte · 416 pages

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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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Arthur

Stephen R. Lawhead · 512 pages

E-Book Extra: "Stephen R. Lawhead on…" (The writing process; The Atlantis/Britain connection; Whether or not Arthur existed, etc.)They called him unfit to rule, a lowborn, callow boy, Uther's bastard.But his coming bad been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. And be had learned powerful secrets at the knee of the mystical sage Merlin. He was Arthur -- Pendragon of the Island of the Mighty

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Firelord

Parke Godwin · 396 pages

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The Crystal Cave

Mary Stewart · 487 pages

WHO WAS MERLIN? Was the famed magician of Camelot and King Arthur's court really a sinister, all-powerful being from another world? Was he truly a Prince of Darkness? Or was he a man with the passions of other mortals? A man with unique intelligence and unusual gifts? Why was he so feared? How did he come by his occult powers? Why was the crystal cave so important to him? Fifth century Brita

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Hawk of May

Gillian Bradshaw · 291 pages

Gwalchmai journey's to the safety of his uncle King Arthur and his court to escape from the evil magic of his mother, Morgawse, a bitter enemy of Arthur's.

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Here Lies Arthur

Philip Reeve · 304 pages

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Dragon's Child

M.K. Hume · 448 pages

The epic tale of the man destined to becaome Arthur, high king of the Britons.

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Pendragon's Banner

Helen Hollick · 558 pages

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Parzival

Wolfram von Eschenbach · 370 pages

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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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The Last Legion

Valerio Massimo Manfredi · 448 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 Darkest Road

Guy Gavriel Kay

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The Forgotten Kingdom

Signe Pike · 475 pages

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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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Micah Clarke

Arthur Conan Doyle · 408 pages

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The King's Peace

Jo Walton · 419 pages

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Victus: The Fall of Barcelona, a Novel

Albert Sanchez Pinol · 624 pages

"Victus es una novela histórica que nos narra la guerra de Sucesión española, un conflicto que puede considerarse como la primera de las contiendas mundiales y que termina el 11 de septiembre de 1714 con el apocalíptico asalto a Barcelona."--P. [4] of cover.

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American Prince

Sierra Simone · 320 pages

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Killer of Men

Christian Cameron

Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing in the battle line for the first time, alongside his father and brother, he shares in a famous and unlikely victory. But after being knocked unconscious in the melee, he awakes not a hero, but a slave. Betrayed by his jealous and cowardly cousin, the freedom

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The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

Howard Pyle · 312 pages

Classics. This title is suitable for children aged 10 to 13 years old. This imaginative retelling of the classic Arthurian legends recounts the story of Arthur's formation of the Knights of the Round Table, his securing of the enchanted sword Excalibur and his wooing of the Lady Guinevere. Included as well are the legends of Sir Pelleas, the story of Sir Gawaine's pursuit of the White Hart and tal

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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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