Arthurian Tales:
Tantalizing Tales of King Arthur, Guenevere,
Merlin & the Knights of the Round Table

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The Great Tree of Avalon
Child of the Dark Prophecy, Shadows on the Stars, Eternal Flame
By T.A. Barron (YA BARRON) 432p MS/HS
The fate of Avalon rests with three young people...one of whom is the true heir of Merlin, the only one who can save Avalon.

Merlin Quintet
Lost Years of Merlin, Seven Songs of Merlin, Fires of Merlin,
Mirror of Merlin, Wings of Merlin
By T.A. Barron (YA BARRON) 326p MS/HS
No identity. No memory. Washed ashore to face unknown dangers & discoveries.

Arthur Rex
By Thomas Berger (FIC BERGER) 499p HS
New twists to the stories of old about Arthur, Merlin, the Knights & ladies.

Tales of Guinevere
Dragon Queen, Raven Warrior
By Alice Borchardt (FSF BORCHARDT) 480p HS
Daughter of a powerful pagan queen, Guinevere grows up under the protection of a shapeshifting Druid, until Merlin forces her to fulfill her destiny as Arthur’s queen.

The Mists of Avalon
By Marion Zimmer Bradley (FSF BRADLEY) 876p HS
A retelling from the women’s perspective.

Hawk of May
By Gillian Bradshaw (FIC BRADSHAW) 313p HS
Gwalchmai Mac Lot , a terrible warrior, transforms his heritage of sorcery into service to Arthur & his court at Camlann.

Avalon High
By Meg Cabot (YA CABOT) 288p MS/HS
Avalon High’s typical...except several students are reincarnations of King Arthur’s court—and tragedy is coming!

First Knight
By Elizabeth Chadwick (FIC CHADWICK) 281p HS
A telling of the doomed love of Lancelot & Guinevere, and Camelot’s battle against the murderous Malagant.

The Telling Pool
By David Clement-Davies (YA CLEMENT) 360p MS/HS
As his father crusades for King Richard the Lionheart, Rhodri Falcon must discover his own destiny by seeking out the Telling Pool.

Warlord Chronicles
The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur
By Bernard Cornwell (FIC CORNWELL) 431p HS
Arthur fights back the invading Saxons while dealing with his scheming wife, the manipulative Merlin & the cowardly Lancelot.

Merlin’s Harp
By Anne Crompton (FIC CROMPTON) 200p HS
Follows the adventures of Niviene, daughter of the Lady of the Lake, who ventures out of the fairy world & into Camelot.

Arthur Trilogy
The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing Places, King of the Middle March
By Kevin Crossley-Holland (YA CROSSLEY) 342p MS/HS
Young Arthur is given a magical stone which shows him images of the legendary King Arthur, the events of whose life seem to parallel many of his own.

One Knight Only series
One Knight Only, Knight Life, Fall of Knight
By Peter David (FSF DAVID) 373p HS
Now President of the U.S., Arthur takes up his quest to find the Holy Grail in order to save his wife, Gwen’s life, who is at death’s door after an assassination attempt.

Pendragon Cycle
Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon, Grail
By Stephen Lawhead (FSF LAWHEAD) 486p HS
An Arthur retelling that begins with the love story of the bard Taliesin and Princess Charis.

Lady Ilena
Legend of Lady Ilena, Lady Ilena: Way of the Warrior
By Patricia Malone (YA MALONE) 232p MS/HS
Ilena’s father’s dying words send her on a quest both dangerous and steeped in destiny.

Black Horses for the King
By Anne McCaffrey (YA MCCAFFREY) 217p MS/HS
Galwyn runs away to serve King Arthur, using his talent with languages and horses to help in the battle against the Saxons.

Queen of Camelot
By Nancy McKenzie (FSF MCKENZIE) 623p HS
Chronicles the life of Guinevere, and the complex relationships she has with the men around her.

Guenevere Novels
Queen of the Summer Country, Knight of the Sacred Lake,
Child of the Holy Grail
By Rosalind Miles (FSF MILES) 424p HS
Chronicles the life of Guenevere & her struggles to remain faithful to Arthur, love Lancelot & keep peace in Camelot.

The Squire’s Tales
Squire’s Tale; The Squire, His Knight & His Lady; The Savage Damsel & the Dwarf; Parsifal’s Page; The Ballad of Sir Dinadan; The Princess, The Crone & the Dung-Cart Knight; The Lioness & Her Knight; The Quest of the Fair Unknown
By Gerald Morris (YA MORRIS) 212p MS/HS
The adventures & perils of the knights, squires & ladies surrounding King Arthur & his court.

I Am Mordred
By Nancy Springer (YA SPRINGER) 184p MS/HS
When Mordred learns who his father is, he struggles
between hating him & fighting the fate that determines he must kill him.

I Am Morgan Le Fay
By Nancy Springer (YA SPRINGER) 227p MS/HS
Morgan resents her half-brother Arthur & decides to use her power and magic to change the course of history.

Merlin Tetralogy
Crystal Cave, Hollow Hills, Last Enchantment, Wicked Day
By Mary Stewart (FIC STEWART) 521p HS
Follows the life of Merlin as he struggles to manage his own life, as well as help Arthur battle the Saxons.

King Arthur
By Frank Thompson (YA THOMPSON) 348p HS
Novelization based on the 2004 movie.

The Dragon’s Son
By Sarah Thomson (YA THOMSON) 181p MS/HS
Tales of Arthur told via the stories of those around him, including Nimue, Morgan le Fay & Mordred.

The Book of Mordred
By Vivian Vande Velde (YA VANDE) 342p HS
The man who brought down King Arthur.

A Coalition of Lions
By Elizabeth Wein (YA WEIN) 210p MS/HS
The daughter of Arthur travels to Africa to meet her future husband, but finds political turmoil & danger.

The Once and Future King
By T.H. White (FIC WHITE) 677p HS
This classic tells the story of how Arthur becomes king of The Britons under Merlin’s guidance.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
By Richard Yancey (YA YANCEY) 339p MS/HS
Alfred's the last person you'd pick to save the world. But when the most powerful weapon ever wielded by humans falls into his hands, he begins a quest to unravel a thousand-year-old mystery & return the legendary sword of King Arthur to its rightful place.

Sword of the Rightful King
By Jane Yolen (YA YOLEN) 349p MS/HS
Merlin devises a brilliant plan to prove Arthur the rightful king: pull the sword from the stone. But, trouble arises when someone else does it first!

In Camelot’s Shadow
By Sarah Zettel (YA ZETTEL) 490p HS
When Risa flees her home to avoid being given to an evil sorcerer, she finds herself in the arms of Sir Gawain and in the midst of the court at Camelot.

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