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King Arthur, Merlin, Guinevere, and Lancelot are all familiar characters, inspiring numerous retellings and reimaginings of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. These are a few to get you started.
Updated September 19, 2022
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Over Sea, Under Stone
Susan Cooper
Paper Book
On holiday in Cornwall, Simon, Jane and Barney Drew discover an ancient map in the attic of the Grey House, where they are staying with their mysterious Great-Uncle Merry. They know immediately that it is special. But it is much more than just a map. It is the start of a quest to find a grail, a...
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The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro
Paper Book
There's a journey we must go on, and no more delay . . .
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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
John Steinbeck
Paper Book
Steinbeck's first posthumously published work, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur. In this highly successful attempt to render Malory into Modern English, Steinbeck recreated the rhythm and tone of the original Middle English.
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Idylls of the King
Alfred Tennyson
Paper Book
Tennyson had a life-long interest in the legend of King Arthur and after the huge success of his poem 'Morte d'Arthur' he built on the theme with this series of twelve poems, written in two periods of intense creativity over nearly twenty years. Idylls of the King traces the story of Arthur's rule,...
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Legendborn
Tracy Deonn
Paper Book
SOME LEGACIES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN. "I love the feeling of a magical world existing just beneath the surface of our own and this story gave me everything I wanted: incredible characters, ancient lore and secret societies - all grounded in our very real, very flawed world...
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The Fall of Arthur
J. R. R. Tolkien
Paper Book
The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur. The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain, may well be...
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Lancelot: The Betrayal
Giles Kristian
Paper Book
Conn Iggulden has called it 'a masterpiece' while The Times has hailed it 'a gorgeous, rich retelling of the Arthurian tale' . . . The legions of Rome are a fading memory. Enemies stalk the fringes of Britain. And Uther Pendragon is dying. Into this fractured and...
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