At the Crossing Places
10 best books like At the Crossing Places (Kevin Crossley-Holland): I Am Mordred, Victory, The Cuckoo Tree, Here Lies Arthur, The Light Beyond the Forest: The Quest for the Holy Grail, The Arthurian Legends, Merlin and the Dragons, Blue Flame, The Squire's Quest, The Chessboard Queen
| Author | Nancy Springer |
| ISBN | 0698118413 |
“You are more than noble,” she said. Her voice was soft and made me think of wild roses, as did the softness of her pale pink mouth, as did her fragrance, light and fresh and free. “You are a king’s son.”
I Am Mordred is a novel about our main character Mordred, King Arthur's son, and...
| Author | Susan Cooper |
| ISBN | 1416914773 |
Two Children, Two Struggles, One Battle...
One child is Sam Robbins, a powder monkey aboard HMS Victory, the ship in which Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson will die a hero's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The other is Molly Jennings, an English girl transplanted from London to the United States...
| Author | Joan Aiken |
| ISBN | 0618070230 |
When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at the Dogkennel Cottages and meets the odd inhabitants of Tegleaze Manor: strange old Lady Tegleaze, her nephew, Tobit, and his wizened, witchy nurse, Sannie....
| Author | Philip Reeve |
| ISBN | 0439955335 |
Gwyna is just a small girl, a mouse, when she is bound in service to Myrddin the bard - a traveller and spinner of tales. But Myrdin transfroms her - into a lady goddess, a boy warrior, and a spy. Without Gwyna, Myrddin will not be able to work the most glorious transformation of all - and turn the leader of a...
| Author | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| ISBN | 0140371508 |
Of the trilogy this is the volume that I have the tenderest memories of possibly because it was the first one that I read - our access to bookshops was haphazard as a child and with libraries and schools you get to read what you can get your hands on.
I was surprised when I was older and read the medieval...
| Author | Richard Barber |
| ISBN | 0851151108 |
This book I got many years ago from Quarwood of all places. It's one of the books I own from John Entwistle's personal library, and it is an exceptionally beautiful book. It is worth five stars for the pictures alone, but the accompanying text makes it all even better.
The book is a broad survey...
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0140558918 |
Young King Arthur, troubled by nightmares, doubts he is the rightful king of England. One rainy night, the wizard Merlin tells Arthur the story of dueling dragons and a fateful clash between good and evil, which reveals the surprising secret of the boy king's true legacy. Li Ming's arresting oil paintings...
| Author | K.M. Grant |
| ISBN | 1847241093 |
Blue Flame is about the Catholics and the Cathars, two religious groups who once lived in peace but are soon going to be torn apart by a religious crusade. In the midst of the battle two lifelong friends, Raimon (a Cathar), and Yolanda (a Catholic) are falling in love. Their romance is ill-fated - because...
| Author | Gerald Morris |
| ISBN | 0547144245 |
Why is it, Terence wondered, that the things you know most surely are always the things you can’t demonstrate to any one else?
And why is it, after all of these years, that Terence is still just a squire, offering advice on how best to scrub the rust spots from armor? But Squire Terence has more...
| Author | Sharan Newman |
| ISBN | 0312863918 |
In Guinevere, Sharan Newman told us the story of that lovely and legendary woman's childhood up until her wedding night. Guinevere is now the beautiful young wife and queen of King Arthur, a position much-coveted by all women of Camelot. But nothing in life is ever certain, and soon Guinevere discovers--most...
| Author | Leslie Alcock |
| ISBN | 0141390697 |
We are all familiar with the heroic deeds and enchantments of the legendary tales surrounding King Arthur. But what evidence is there for a real figure beneath the myth and romance?
Arthur's Britain assembles a wealth of information about the history of Arthur by delving into the shadowy period...
| Author | Anne Eliot Crompton |
| ISBN | 1556115075 |
Honor, pride, love, and betrayal abound in Crompton's latest work, as a mysterious green stranger gallops into King Arthur's court. A unique challenge is posed by this outsider: any knight sitting at the Round Table may try to chop off his head on the condition that if they succeed, he will have the same...
| Author | Fiona Buckley |
| ISBN | 0743457498 |
In the worlds of passion and politics, Ursula Blanchard knows to follow her heart -- if she is to keep her head....
Happily married and enjoying the life domestic, Ursula has her mind on family matters, not court treachery, as she begins to plan a betrothal for her young daughter Meg. When the...
| Author | Catherine Webb |
| ISBN | 1904233090 |
Deadly spells are igniting across Haven, and the Queen of Dreams is in mortal danger. The court is pointing accusing fingers at Lord Rylam. One thing is clear—Haven needs Laenan Kite. He's the most powerful magician in all of Dreams, the bane of Nightkeep, the protector of Earth's sleeping souls....
