MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY
The Mists of Avalon. Knopf, 1982.
The Camelot story as told from the perspective
of the ladies-Viviane (The Lady of the Lake), Morgan Le Fey, and Guinevere. Followed
up by three "pre-quels" which set up the story of The Mists of Avalon:
The Forest House (Viking, 1994)
Lady of Avalon
(Viking, 1997)
Priestess of Avalon (w/ Diana L.
Paxson--Viking, 2001)
VICTOR CANNING
The Crimson Chalice. Morrow, 1978.
Presents Arthur (Arturo) as a compassionate
minor war-lord who fights his way to power. Originally published in three
volumes, The Crimson Chalice, The Circle of the Gods and The Immortal Wound.
ELIZABETH CHADWICK
First Knight. Pocket Books, 1995.
Based on the movie of the same title which
depicts the love triangle of Lancelot, Guinevere and Arthur set against the
treachery of the murderous Malagant.
DEEPAK CHOPRA
The Return of Merlin. Harmony, 1995.
This modern re-telling full of New Age wisdom
has Arthur McCallum, a young English policeman, battling the evil forces of
Mordred with the help of Melchoir, Merlin's apprentice.
CATHERINE CHRISTIAN
The Pendragon. Knopf, 1979.
The story of Arthur as told by his boyhood
friend and comrade-in-arms, Bedivere.
MOLLY COCHRAN
King Arthur returns in the person of 10-year
old Arthur Blessing, who stumbles upon the Holy Grail. It is up to former FBI
agent, Hal (as in Galahad) Woczniak, to protect him from the evil sorcerer,
Saladin.
The Forever King. TOR, 1992.
The Broken Sword. TOR, 1997.
The Third Magic. Forge, 2003.
BERNARD CORNWELL
The master historical novelist (the "Sharpe
Chronicles") presents a realistic, gritty version of the Arthur story that downplays
the magic and romance, placing an emphasis on battles and politics.
The Winter King. St. Martin's, 1996.
Enemy of God. St. Martin's, 1997.
Excalibur. St. Martin's, 1998.
ANNE ELIOT CROMPTON
Merlin's Harp. ROC, 1997.
Raised in the isolated, magical world of Fey,
Niviene-Merlin's apprentice and the daughter of the Lady of the Lake-must brave
the outside world to help save Arthur's kingdom. By the same author: Gawain
and the Green Lady (1997) and Percival's Angel
(1999).
PETER DAVID
Knight Life. Ace, 2002.
In the greatest city in the world--New York,
New York--King Arthur )aka Arthur Penn) reappears after 1500 years to run for
mayor--with a little help from his close advisor, Merlin. Followed by: One
Knight Only (2003).
RICHARD GILLIAM, MARTIN H. GREENBERG & EDWARD
E. KRAMER (eds.)
Excalibur. Warner, 1995.
25 original stories capturing the myth and
magic of the legendary sword.
PARKE GODWIN
Firelord. Doubleday, 1980.
King Arthur tells his own story of his rise
to greatness and fall.
SIMON HAWKE
Wizard of Camelot. Warner, 1993.
As anarchy rages, Tom Mallory battles urban
rioters and encounters the Wizard of 4th Street (aka Merlin), who
has returned to lead the world out of its second dark age.
HELEN HOLLICK
Trilogy focusing on the love story of Arthur
and Guinevere and the forces that try to destroy them.
The Kingmaking. St. Martin's, 1995.
Pendragon's Banner. St. Martin's, 1995.
Shadow of the King. St. Martin's, 1997.
COURTWAY JONES
In the Shadow of the Oak King. Pocket Books, 1991.
Witch of the North. Pocket Books, 1992.
A Prince of Camelot. Pocket Books, 1995.
PAT KENNEALY-MORRISON
The Tales of Arthur Trilogy is part of Kenneally-Morrison's
massive "Keltiad" series.
The Hawk's Gray Feather. ROC, 1990.
The Oak Above the Kings. ROC, 1994.
The Hedge of Mist. HaperPrism, 1996.
J. ROBERT KING
The Arthurian legend recreated as an epic
fantasy and seen through the perspectives of Merlin and Lancelot.
Mad Merlin. Tor, 2000.
Lancelot du Lethe. Tor, 2001.
Le Morte D'Avalon. Tor, 2003.
STEVE LAWHEAD
Princess Charis escapes the destruction of
her native Atlantis and falls in love with the druid Taliesin. Together they
produce a son, Merlin ("Myrddin"), and thus begins Lawhead's Pendragon Series.
Taliesin. Crossway, 1987.
Merlin. Crossway, 1988.
Arthur. Crossway, 1989.
Pendragon. Morrow, 1994.
Grail. Avon, 1997.
Avalon. Avon, 1999.
In the not-too-distant future, the drunken
King Edward IX kills himself, leaving the British throne vacant. While the scheming
Prime Minister, Thomas Waring, has ambitions of becoming the realm's first president,
the mysterious sage, Embries (Merlin), insists that Capt. James Arthur Stuart
(Arthur reincarnate) is the rightful king.
NANCY MCKENZIE
Follows Guinevere from the time of her girlhood
to the events following her marriage to Arthur and her subsequent love for Lancelot.
The following were re-published in 2002 under the title Queen
of Camelot.
The Child Queen: The Tale of Guinevere and King Arthur. Ballantine,
1994.
The High Queen: The Tale of Guinevere and King Arthur Continues.
Ballantine, 1995.
Grail Prince
Del Rey, 2003.
Adventure, romance & myth are combined in
this re-telling of the story of Sir Lancelot's son, Galahad--the only man whose
heart is pure enough to keep King Arthur's dream alive.
Prince of Dreams. Ballantine, 2004.
A re-interpretation of the legend of Tristan and
Iseult.
ALLAN MASSIE
Arthur the King. C&G, 2004, 2003.
After the collapse of Rome, England is ravaged
by warring kings until Arthur claims the throne. A new twist on old tale.
ROSALIND MILES
Camelot--a vibrant pageant of love, heartbreak,
hatred, jealousy, revenge and desire--as seen through the eyes of its queen.
Guenevere: Queen of the Summer Country. Crown, 1999.
The Knight of the Sacred Lake. Crown, 2000.
The Child of the Holy Grail. Crown, 2001.
Isolde: Queen of the Western Isle. Crown, 2002.
Re-tells the story of Isolde, the beautiful princess
of Ireland, and her love for the young knight, Tristan, a member of the Round
Table with a mysterious past. Followed by: The Maid of the
White Hands (2003) and The Lady of the Sea
(2004).
SHARAN NEWMAN
This trilogy features Guinevere as its main
protagonist.
Guinevere. St. Martin's, 1981.
The Chessboard Queen. St. Martin's, 1984.
Guinevere Evermore. St. Martin's, 1985.
IRENE RADFORD
Fantasy and history are intermingled in this
series which begins with the story of Wren, Merlin's powerful daughter, and
follows the lives of the great wizard's descendants through the age of Elizabeth
I.
Guardian of the Balance. Daw, 2000.
Guardian of the Trust. Daw, 2000.
Guardian of the Trust. Daw, 2001.
Guardian of the Promise. Daw, 2003.
DIANA L. PAXSON
A re-telling of the opening segments of the
Arthurian legend in four parts, each related from the different perspective
of four tribes of sixth century Britain.
*The Book of the Sword. Avon, 1999.
*The Book of the Spear. Avon, 1999.
The Book of the Cauldron. Avon, 1999.
The Book of the Stone. Avon, 2000.
*Published together as The Hallowed
Isle (Avon Eos, 1999).
ROBERT RICE
The Last Pendragon. Walker, 1991.
Eleven years after disobeying the wish of
the dying King Arthur by secreting the magic sword "Caliburn" in the trunk of
a tree rather than throwing it back into the lake from whence it came, the knight,
Bedwyr, returns from Rome and becomes involved with the dead king's grandson.
FRED SABERHAGEN
Merlin's Bones. TOR, 1995.
Not long after the death of King Arthur, a
troupe of strolling players come upon a strangely unfinished castle wherein
they find the secret hiding place of Merlin's bones-which, it turns out, many
people are interested in possessing.
JOHN STEINBECK
The Acts of King Arthur & His Noble Knights. Farrar, Straus
& Giroux, 1976.
Steinbeck's version of the various Arthurian
legends.
MARY STEWART
Focuses on the wizard Merlin, from his youth
to old age.
The Crystal Cave. Morrow, 1970.
The Hollow Hills. Morrow, 1973.
The Last Enchantment. Morrow, 1979.
The Wicked Day. Morrow, 1983.
The Prince and the Pilgrim. Morrow, 1996.
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF
The Light Beyond the Forest. Dutton, 1979.
Sirs Lancelot, Galahad and Bors go off in
search of the Holy Grail.
The Sword & The Circle.
Dutton, 1981.
The adventures of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere,
Sir Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table, based chiefly on Sir Thomas
Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur.
The Road to Camlann.
Dutton, 1982.
The evil Mordred plots against his father,
King Arthur by implicating the Queen and Sir Lancelot in treachery, thus bringing
about the end of Camelot and the Round Table.
JUDITH TARR
Kingdom of the Grail. ROC, 2004
An intermingling of Arthurian legend and the
Song of Roland has the latter warrior, a descendant of Merlin, taking
up the quest for the Grail.
PETER TELEP
As war rages between Saxon and Celt, Christopher
of Shores rises from humble beginnings to become squire to Arthur.
Squire. HarperPrism, 1995.
Squire's Blood. HarperPrism, 1995.
Squire's Honor. HarperCollins Pbk., 1996.
NIKOLAI TOLSTOY
The Coming of the King. Bantam, 1989.
Retells the life of Merlin and his impact
on Celtic Britain.
MARK TWAIN
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A blow to the head transports a man back to
the year 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom.
ELIZABETH WEIN
The Winter Prince. Atheneum, 1993.
Medraut, the illegitimate and bitter son of
King Artos, is tempted into joining the plottings of the King's treacherous
sister.
T.H. WHITE
Still one of the most readable depictions
of King Arthur and the tales of the Round Table.
The Sword and the Stone. Putnam's Sons, 1939
The Once and Future King. Putnam, 1958.
The Book of Merlin: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future
King. Univ. of Texas, 1977.
JACK WHYTE
The legend of Arthur beginning way back
when Excalibur was first forged and Britain was occupied by the Romans.
The Skystone. Forge, 1996.
The Singing Sword. Forge, 1996.
The Eagles' Brood. Forge, 1997.
The Saxon Shore. Forge, 1998.
The Fort at River's Bend. Forge, 1999.
The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis. Forge, 1999.
Uther. T. Doherty, 2001.
PERSIA WOOLLEY
Guinevere is the focus of this trilogy
filled with historical fact and Arthurian romance.
Child of the Northern Spring. Poseidon, 1987.
Queen of the Summer Stars. Poseidon, 1990.
Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn. Poseidon, 1991.
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