The Legend of the King

10 best books like The Legend of the King (Gerald Morris): The Land of Green Ginger, The Empty Kingdom, The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow, Lost in the Labyrinth, Rowan Hood Returns, The Road to Camlann. The Death of King Arthur, Player's Ruse, King Arthur's Daughter, The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere, Bridle the Wind

The Land of Green Ginger

Author

Noel Langley

This beloved classic is a funny, clever, and original novel that opens with Aladdin, now Emperor of China, trying to decide what to name his new son, a child who won't stop talking and is already far too articulate for his own good. The Genie of the Lamp announces that Abu Ali should be the child's name and...

The Empty Kingdom

Author	Elizabeth E. Wein
ISBN	0670062731

In The Lion Hunter, Telemakos, the half-British, half-Aksumite grandson of King Arthur, was sent for his safety to stay with one of Aksum's former enemies. When Abreha, ruler of Himyar, allegedly the boy's protector, catches him in the midst of what appears to be treachery, he sentences him to a fate...

The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow

Author	Kaye Umansky
ISBN	0763627925

I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading anything else she writes in this series. There's a quote from the author on the back cover: "A while ago, I went on a 'reread Charles Dickens' binge. Inspired, I cried, 'I can do that!' I couldn't. What came out was Solomon Snow."

I loved the hints of...

Lost in the Labyrinth

Author	Patrice Kindl
ISBN	0618394028

Last night I saw my sister, who is dead. She stood at the end of a long corridor, weeping. “Can it really be you, Ariadne, come back after all this time?” I whispered. She did not answer, but began slowly to sink through the floor.

Princess Xenodice is content to spend her days tending to the...

Rowan Hood Returns

Author	Nancy Springer
ISBN	0142406856

Guy Longhead. Jasper of the Sinister Hand. Hurst Orricson. Holt, also Orricson, brother of Hurst.To anyone else, just four names. But to Rowan Hood, the gentle healer who has waited two long years to put names to the men who murdered her mother, they are fuel to feed her desire for revenge. And so she leaves...

The Road to Camlann. The Death of King Arthur

Author	Rosemary Sutcliff
ISBN	0525440186

This book is lovely, too. I didn't quite cry, really, but there was a certain tight ache in my throat at certain points. The bittersweetness is much closer to the bitter than the sweet in this book, but thankfully I didn't feel like I had to hate any character for the way they treated the others -- they were...

Player's Ruse

Author

Hilari Bell

Friends Are More Trouble Than Foes

Sir Michael Sevenson and his squire, Fisk, were just beginning to enjoy the quiet life. They really should have known better. When Lady Rosamund runs away from home to marry a traveling player, former knight errant Michael makes a noble promise to help the...

King Arthur's Daughter

Author	Vera Chapman
ISBN	0380019582

I *almost* didn't read this one yet because I found out that it's the third book in a trilogy, and usually I'm really anal about reading books in order. But I thought, It's Arthurian! I know all the characters; how confusing can it be?

It wasn't very confusing. :) Although, I give this book credit...

The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere

Author	Phyllis Ann Karr
ISBN	1587150123

In The Idylls of the Queen, Phyllis Ann Karr takes an incident (the murder of Sir Patrise) from Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and creates an intelligent, complex, and fascinating mystery novel perfect for fans of historical mysteries, of British legends, and of fantasy.

Queen Guenevere...

Bridle the Wind

Author	Joan Aiken
ISBN	0152060588

After visiting his family in England, Felix is on his way back to Spain when he's shipwrecked off the coast of France. He is taken in by monks to recover from his ordeal--but it soon becomes clear to him that he is actually being held prisoner. Felix encounters an injured boy, Juan, on the grounds of...

Camelot's Blood

Author	Sarah Zettel
ISBN	0007158742

An evocative and highly engaging romantic fantasy set in the evocative time of King Arthur. Laurel Carnbrea, Queen of Cambryn, arrives at Camelot to marry a man she has never met -- Sir Agravain, the brother of the renowned Sir Gawain. Laurel has heard that Agravain is a reserved and cold man, but marriage...

Soonchild

Author	Russell Hoban
ISBN	1406329916

So many people really like this book and perhaps it didn't help my copy being in black and white ( many reviews mention a change of colour as the story progresses which sounds like a nice idea ) but I found this story confusing.

Soonchild is an unborn child who is due to be born but is suspected to be...

Hobby

Author	Jane Yolen
ISBN	0590371185

The Story...
This is the second book in the Merlin Trilogy and starts with a young Merlin leaving his burned down home. Before leaving, though, Merlin buries his 'family', Master Robin, Meg and Nell. Apparently, young Merlin foresaw the fire, but did not know how to interpret his prophetic dream...

The Gawgon and the Boy

Author	Lloyd Alexander
ISBN	0142500003

A riotousy funny and deeply personal story of wonder, discovery and friendship, full of eccentric characters and fantastical adventures, by one of America's best-loved authors. When David falls ill his tough old Aunt Annie offers to tutor him, and he soon grows fond of The Gawgon, as he nicknames her...