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Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country

Rosalind Miles · 515 pages

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Ancestors of Avalon

Diana L. Paxson, Marion Zimmer Bradley · 363 pages

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The Lost Queen

Signe Pike · 527 pages

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Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit

Mercedes Lackey · 404 pages

The bestselling author of the Valdemar novels pens a classic tale about King Arthur's legendary queen.Gwenhwyfar moves in a world where gods walk among their pagan worshipers, where nebulous visions warn of future perils, and where there are two paths for a woman: the path of the Blessing or the rarer path of the Warrior. Gwenhwyfar chooses the latter, giving up the power that she is born into. Ye

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The Forest House

Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson · 440 pages

The Forest House—prequel to The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's beloved and enduring classic—is a mesmerizing epic of one woman's mythic role at a turning point in history.In a Britain struggling to survive Roman invasion, Eilan is the daughter of a Druidic warleader, gifted with visions and marked by fate to become a priestess of the Forest House.But fate also led Eilan to Gaius, a soldi

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Taliesin

Stephen R. Lawhead · 512 pages

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Magdalen Rising: The Beginning

Elizabeth Cunningham

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Sword of Avalon

Diana L. Paxson · 436 pages

Marion Zimmer Bradley's legendary saga of Avalon's extraordinary women continues with a tale of fiery visions, a lost king, and a forthcoming destiny...Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted millions of readers over the years and is sure to please Bradley's loyal r

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The Land of Painted Caves

Jean M. Auel · 767 pages

In The land of Painted Caves, Jean M. Auel brings the ice-age epic Earth's Children series to an extraordinary conclusion. Ayla, one of the most remarkable and beloved heroines in contemporary fiction, continues to explore the world and the people around her with curiosity, insight, and above all, courage. As the story opens, Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla are welcomed by th

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Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur

Bernard Cornwell · 442 pages

A story of love, war, loyalty and betrayal, EXCALIBUR begins with the failure of Lancelot's rebellion and the ruin of Arthur's marriage to Guinevere. The Saxons, sensing the disunity of the Britons, seize the chance to destroy Arthur. The climax of the war comes with the legendary triumph at Mount Badon, and Arthur's great victory. But the promises he made then come back to haunt him after the yea

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Confessions of a Pagan Nun

Kate Horsley · 199 pages

Conflict between the Celtics Druids and the Christians led by Saint Patrick in fifth century Ireland, as told by a nun who had earlier herself had a druid's training. While not always historically accurate, it is worth reading for its evocative language and re-creation of a forgotten time.

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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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Lammas Night

Katherine Kurtz · 438 pages

The New York Times–bestselling author explores the occult history of WWII in this thriller inspired by true events during the Battle of Britain. The year is 1940, and Great Britain’s forces struggle against the invincible Nazi war machine. France has fallen easily to Adolf Hitler’s army and England is next in his sights. A British secret agent pays the ultimate price to deliver early warning of

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The Chalice: A Glastonbury Ghost Story

Phil Rickman · 539 pages

Glastonbury, legendary resting place of the Holy Grail, is a mysterious and haunting town. But when plump, dizzy Diane Flitch returns home, it's with a sense of deep unease — and not only about her aristocratic family's reaction to her broken engagement and her New Age companions. Plans for a new motorway have intensified the old bitterness between the local people and the 'pilgrims', so alread

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Moon Magic

Dion Fortune · 241 pages

This review is taken from Amazon and was written by David D. Warner http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Magic-Dion-Fortune/dp/1578632897/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=172PRA57CZ93JKWBVQ5J MOON MAGIC is one of several fascinating and beautiful novels written by the renowned Esotericist and Psychologist, Violet Mary Firth, better known to the world as Dion Fortune. Fortune, notorious for her use of the no

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The Tombs of Atuan

Ursula K. Le Guin · 160 pages

Tenar was the priestess of the Nameless Ones-the ancient powers. She was responsible for remembering and worshipping them. She forgot her family and home. Then came the young wizard, Ged, who trespassed where none had gone before and none had lived.

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Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex & Politics

Starhawk · 242 pages

Discusses how the ancient religion of the Goddess offers a transforming power that could heal the spiritual and political split between individual and society.

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The Book of the Law

Aleister Crowley, Rose Edith Crowley · 160 pages

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Madame Xanadu, Volume 1: Disenchanted

Matt Wagner · 225 pages

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The Year the Horses Came

Mary Mackey · 388 pages

Set in Europe in 4372 B.C., this is the story of the clash between bands of maurauding nomads and the peaceful culture already in place.

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The Dragon and the Unicorn

A.A. Attanasio · 491 pages

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The Wandering Fire

Guy Gavriel Kay · 298 pages

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