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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
James Knowles · 209 pages
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.
The story of the grail
Chretien de Troyes · 202 pages
The Sword in the Stone
T.H. White · 288 pages
When Merlyn the magician comes to tutor Sir Ector's sons Kay and the Wart, schoolwork suddenly becomes much more fun. After all, who wouldn't enjoy being turned into a fish, or a badger, or a snake? But Merlyn has very particular plans for the Wart. This is the children's story of King Arthur's childhood which was the basis for the still popular Disney cartoon of the same title.
Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart
Chretien de Troyes, Burton Raffel · 254 pages
Tristan: With the Tristran of Thomas
Gottfried von Strassburg, Thomas of Brittany · 374 pages
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.
The Legend of the King
Gerald Morris · 299 pages
Sir Dinadan and his friend Sir Palomides, Sir Gaheris, Sir Terence, and other knights of the Round Table and their associates try to stop Mordred and his White Horsemen from ending King Arthur's rule of Great Britain.
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.
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
Thomas Malory, Keith Baines · 509 pages
Prince Valiant, Vol. 1: 1937-1938
Hal Foster
"Universally acclaimed as the most stunningly gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time, Prince Valiant ran for 35 years under the virtuoso pen of its creator, Hal Foster. (Such was its popularity that today, decades after Foster's death, it continues to run under different hands.) The giant Sunday-funnies pages (Valiant ran only on Sundays) gave Foster a huge canvas upon which he was able to lim
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..."
The Camelot Spell
Laura Anne Gilman
On the eve of the Quest for the Holy Grail, every adult in King Arthur's castle falls into an enchanted sleep. The future of Camelot rests on the shoulders of fourteen-year-old squire Gerard, who has dreamed of becoming a Knight of the Round Table his whole life. With the help of Newt, the stable boy, and Ailis, a young maidservant, he must face terrible dangers, including a monstrous bridge troll
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.
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
The Wicked Day
Mary Stewart · 407 pages
Far from being the scourge of Arthur, his bastard son Mordred actually strives to resist Merlin's prophecy of doom. But he is thwarted by the schemes of his sorceress mother, Queen Morgause, who has brought him up to be her revenge incarnate.
Arthur Rex
Thomas Berger · 499 pages
King Arthur, Merlin, and the knights of the Round Table live in ancient Britain but have contemporary concerns because Guinevere and the other women act liberated.