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First published in 1485, during England's War of the Roses, "Le Morte d'Arthur" or "The Death of Arthur" combines all of the known legends of King Arthur into one creative text. Beginning with the birth of Arthur and telling the tale of his rise to become the head of the Knights of the Round Table and the husband of Guinevere, we also learn of Lancelot, Arthur's most venerated knight. Many of the other knights' stories are told with varying degrees...
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Poseidon Press
Pub. Date
1987
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Among the first to look at the story of Camelot through Guinevere's eyes, Woolley sets the traditional tale in the time of its origin, after Britain has shattered into warring fiefdoms. Hampered by neither fantasy nor medieval romance, this young Guinevere is a feisty Celtic tomboy who sees no reason why she must learn to speak Latin, wear dresses, and go south to marry that king. But legends being what they are, the story of Arthur's rise to power...
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Wordsworth Classics
Pub. Date
1996, 1485
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With an Introduction by Helen Moore.The legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table is one of the most enduring and influential stories in world literature. Its themes - love, war, religion, treachery and family loyalty - are timeless, as are the reputations of its major characters, Arthur, Merlin, Guenever and Launcelot. Malory's Le Morte Darthur is a story of noble knights, colourful tournaments and fateful love, set in a courtly society...
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Barnes & Noble Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
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Draws on different sources, but emphasises the way in which writers have created new stories around the great heroes, or have told the stories in different ways. This anthology shows the diversity of the Arthurian legends and their sources by presenting versions of the stories of Arthur, Gawain, Tristan and other Arthurian heroes - and heroines.
8) Sweet Anger
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Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1985
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Kari Wynne finds herself hating and being drawn to Acting District Attorney Hunter McKee who while investigating the misappropriation of funds by city council members, uncovers her deceased husband's extramarital dalliances.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us, delivers her highly anticipated new novel All Your Perfects, a tour de force about a troubled marriage and the one old forgotten promise that might be able to save it.
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Avenel Books : distributed by Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
1978
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Bulfinchs Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
11) Merlin
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F. Watts
Pub. Date
1987
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Combines an array of evidence and argument drawn from years of dedicated scholarship and detective work to recover a great man of the Arthurian age.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2003
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Aaron Latham's popular Code of the West took its inspiration from Arthurian legend, exchanging cowboys and ranchers for knights and kings. In this rousing sequel, Jimmy Goodnight's son Percy, or Pyg as he is known, comes of age. Returning to their ranch land in Texas, Pyg and his mother discover their family heirloom ax is missing. Now Pyg's leading a posse aiming to get it back. "Well-paced, action-packed entertainment ..."-Los Angeles Times
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Medallion Press
Pub. Date
2005
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The legend is as old as time ... The High King is dead. The land is in peril. A child has been born to save his people. But a traitor lurks with evil in his mind and murder in his heart, dogging the footsteps of those who protect the babe who would be king. But magic is at work, high magic. Gwydion the Dreamer awakes, screaming, from a prophetic dream of tragedy and loss, a dream peopled by kings of the past. Though he thinks he is not ready, the...
15) Don Quixote
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.2 - AR Pts: 91
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Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator." Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being, " said novelist Milan Kundera....
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Harmony Books
Pub. Date
1995
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A New Age version of the legend of King Arthur, the premise being that Arthur & Co. are immortal and are continuing their lives in the bodies of successive generations. A reflection of the author's philosophy on ageless bodies and timeless minds.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 41
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"A deluxe hardcover edition of the world's greatest fantasy classic--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman T. H. White's masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as the sword Excalibur and city of Camelot that are found within its pages. This magical epic takes Arthur from the glorious lyrical phase of his youth, through the...
19) Young Arthur
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1999]
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Recounts the story of King Arthur's boyhood, the sword in the stone, his first victorious battle, and his unification of a new kingdom.
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