About King Arthur
and the Round Table
A. A. Attanasio, The Dragon and the Unicorn
The story of Arthur's parents Uther Pendragon and Ygraine.
Mike Ashley, ed., Chronicles of the Round Table
Short stories about the knights of the Round Table by a variety of authors.
Chenith Baldry, Exiled from Camelot (2000)
T. A. Barron, The Lost Years of Merlin
—, The Great Tree of Avalon: Child of the Dark Prophecy
Jesse Beers, Jr., Pendragon: The Lost Book of Tyneclif (1980)
Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Forest House (1993)
---, The Lady of Avalon (1997)
—, The Mists of Avalon
A very popular retelling of the Arthurian legend from the women's point of view.
Melvyn Bragg, The Sword and the Miracle (1996)
(published in Britain as Credo)
Elizabeth Chadwick, First Knight
The novel that gave rise to the film; about Lancelot.
Tom Clare, King Arthur and the Riders of Rheged (1992)
Bernard Cornwell, The Warlord Chronicles trilogy (1995-97):
The Winter King
Enemy of God
Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur
Derfel, a monk, narrates the story of the struggle for Britain that plays out between the Druids (led by Merlin) and the Christians, with much period detail.
Anne Eliot Crompton, Percival's Angel (1999)
The Arthurian legend from the point of view of a fairy.
---, Merlin's Harp
---, Gawain and the Green Lady (1997)
Donna Fletcher Crow, Glastonbury: The Novel of Christian England (1992)
Alfred Duggan, The Conscience of the King (1951)
Alan Fisk, The Summer Stars (1992)
R. A. Forde,Wise-Woman (1988)
Friesner, Esther. Up the Wall and Other Tales of King Arthur and His Knights (2000)
Parke Godwin, Beloved Exile (1984)
---, Firelord (1980)
---, Sherwood (1991)
Kathleen Cunningham Guler, Into the Path of Gods (1998)
Jonathan Gunson, The Merlin Mystery (1998)
A book that challenges the reader to solve an intricate puzzle.
Kate Hawkes, The Lovers: The Legend of Trystan and Yseult (1999)
Kim D. Headlee, Dawnflight (1999)
Celtic romance between Arthur and Guinevere (Gyanhumara).
Kathleen Herbert, The Lady of the Fountain (1982)
revised as Bride of the Spear (1988)
---, Queen of the Lightning (1983)
---, Ghost in the Sunlight (1983)
Helen Hollick, The Kingmaking (1994)
---, Pendragon's Banner (1995)
---, Shadow of the King (1997)
Michael R. Joens, The Crimson Tapestry (1995)
---,The Shadow of Eden (1995)
Courtway Jones, A Prince in Camelot (1995)
Phyllis Ann Karr, The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guinevere (1982)
Clive King, Ninny's Boat (young adult)
J. Robert King, Mad Merlin (2000)
The tale of Merlin, employing the ideas of Joseph Campbell.
—, Lancelot du Lethe
—, Le Morte d'Avalon (2003) — the story of Morgan le Fey
Publishers Weekly praises the series’ “deft writing, astounding battles, and intellectual thrill of relating King's unique slant on Arthurian legend to other writers' versions”
Nancy E. Krulik, The Battle for Camelot (1998)
Stephen Lawhead, The Pendragon cycle:
Pendragon (1994)
Grail (1997)
Taliesin (1987)
Merlin (1988)
Arthur (1989)
Avalon
Frederick Lees, The Arthuriad of Catumandus (1996)
---, The Winter King
---, Enemy of God (1996)
---, Excalibur (1997)
Ian MacDowell, Mordred's Curse (1996)
---, Merlin's Gift (1997)
James Mallory, The Old Magic (1999)
---, Merlin: The King's Wizard (1999)
---,The End of Magic (2000)
Based on the "Merlin" TV series.
Edison Marshall, The Pagan King (1959)
Allan Massie, Arthur the King (2004)
“Those ‘of a speculative and skeptical turn of mind, which takes nothing on trust or unexamined’ will appreciate this bracing chronicle.” — Publishers Weekly
Patrick McCormick, Albion: The Last Companion (1997)
Ian McDowell, Mordred's Curse (1996)
---, Merlin's Gift (1997)
Nancy McKenzie, The Child Queen: The Tale of Guinevere and King Arthur
--, The High Queen (1995)
Finding herself childless, Guinevere decides to raise Mordred, Arthur's son by Morgaine, to be a king
Haydn Middleton, The People in the Picture (1987)
---, The Collapsing Castle (1990)
---, The King's Evil (1995)
---, Queen's Captive (1996)
---, The Knight's Vengeance (1987)
Rosalind Miles, The Guinevere trilogy:
Guenevere: Queen of the Summer Country (1999)
The Knight of the Sacred Lake (2000)
Richard Monaco, Parsival (1977)
Gerald Morris, The Squire's Tale
---, The Squire, His Knight and His Lady (1999)
A retelling of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
Sharan Newman, The Guinevere series:
Guinevere
The Chessboard Queen
Guinevere Evermore
Cris Newport, Queen's Champion: The Legend of Lancelot Retold (1998)
Diana Paxson, The White Raven (1988)
---, the Hallowed Isle series: I: The Book of the Sword II: The Book of the Spear III: The Book of the Cauldron IV: The Book of the Stone
Michael L. Pilla, Barbarian's Quest (1992)
John Cowper Powys, Glastonbury Romance
Robert Rice, The Last Pendragon (1991)
Sampson, Fay. Five novels in the "Daughter of Tintagel" series (1989-92)
I: Wise Woman's Telling II: White Nun's Telling III: Black Smith's Telling IV: Taliesin's Telling V: Herself
The story of Morgan the Fay from four different observers; the last book tells her story from her own point of view.
John Steinbeck, Acts of Arthur and His Noble Knights
Mary Stewart, The Merlin Trilogy (1980):
I: The Crystal Cave II: The Hollow Hills III: The Last Enchantment
A very popular trilogy focusing on Merlin. With The Wicked Day, also called "The Arthurian Saga"
---, The Wicked Day
The Arthurian story from Mordred's point of view.
---, The Prince and the Pilgrim (1997)
Rosemary Sutcliff, Sword at Sunset (1963)
Nicolai Tolstoy, The Coming of the King (1988)
Nigel Tranter, Druid's Sacrifice (1993)
Henry Treece, The Eagles Have Flown (1954)
---, The Great Captains (1956)
---, The Green Man (1966)
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Peter Vansittart, Lancelot (1978)
---, Parsifal (1988)
Elizabeth E. Wein, The Winter Prince (1993) (young adult)
White, T. H. , The Once and Future King
---, The Book of Merlyn
---, The Sword in the Stone
Whyte, Jack. The Camulod Chronicles:
---, The Skystone (1992)
---, The Singing Sword (1993)
---, The Eagles' Brood (1994)
---, The Saxon Shore (1995)
—, The Fort at River's Bend (1999)
---, The Sorceror: Metamorphosis (1997)
Alan Wilson and A. T. Blackett, Arthur the War King (1981)
Joan Wolf, Born of the Son (1989)
Persia Wooley, Child of the Northern Spring (1987)
---, Queen of the Summer Stars (1990)
---, Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn (1991)
Three novels with a feminist take on the legend of Guinevere.
Reference works on modern Arthurian fiction:
Adam Roberts, Silk and Potatoes: Contemporary Arthurian Fantasy (Amsterdam, 1998)
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