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10 best books like The Young Merlin Trilogy (Jane Yolen): I Am Morgan le Fay, De Historia Et Veritate Unicornis/on the History and Truth of the Unicorn, Sarah's Unicorn, The Book of Mordred, The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors, Aria of the Sea, The Pendragon, The Song of Rhiannon, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends, The Road to Camlann. The Death of King Arthur

I Am Morgan le Fay
AuthorNancy Springer
ISBN0698119746
Morgan is a willful, mischievous girl with mismatched eyes of emerald and violet. A girl of magic, whose childhood ends when King Uther Pendragon murders her father and steals away her mother. Then Pendragon dies and, in a warring country with no one to claim the throne, there are many who want Morgan...
De Historia Et Veritate Unicornis/on the History and Truth of the Unicorn
AuthorMichael Green
ISBN0894712063
I bought this book new back in the early 80's, and have read it a few times since then. I mostly enjoy the story, even if it does seem a bit simplistic to me these days. How many times have we seen the device of 'I found this manuscript and translated it in order to share its secrets with the world'? Michael Green...
Sarah's Unicorn
AuthorBruce Coville
ISBN0064430847
Although I have been a fan of "The Unicorn Chronicles" I have never heard of this particular book from the Covilles. Although both this and the series revolve around unicorns while holding magic within the pages of the plot I don't think this one belongs to the same series but is instead a standalone book...
The Book of Mordred
AuthorVivian Vande Velde
ISBN0618809163
Dark forces are taking hold in the kingdom of Camelot: King Arthur struggles to keep his knights in line as they steadily divide themselves into factions; the great Merlin has vanished at the hands of his lover and pupil, Nimue; wizards all over the countryside battle for whatever measures of power they...
The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors
AuthorTerri Windling
ISBN0312862210
I'm a big fan of Terri Windling, and make an effort to seek out her anthologies. Thus, I got this one. I'd heard rave reviews of it - people saying "This is the one that made a difference in my life!"
I was a bit quizzical about that, because for me, that was 'Bordertown.' And for me, it remains Bordertown,...
Aria of the Sea
AuthorDia Calhoun
ISBN0374404542
On the island of Normost, in the kingdom of Windward, 13-year-old Cerinthe Gale is a folk healer who dreams of being a dancer. When her mother falls ill, Cerinthe fights to save her -- but fails. She blames herself for her mother's death, gives up healing, and decides to pursue dance. Cerinthe travels...
The Pendragon
AuthorCatherine Christian
I found this book in a second-hand bookstore, and read it in about two days.

As a fan of anything Arthurian, I enjoyed this book. It was rich with description and layered in a setting that had great history and context. It was a little dated in places (Arthur and Bedivere insisting on calling Ygern...
The Song of Rhiannon
AuthorEvangeline Walton
ISBN0020264739
The Song of Rhiannon, a retelling of the Third Branch of the Mabinogion, isn't as powerful as The Children of Llyr, which is a relief, in a way. There's a time of healing for the characters, as well as what they suffer during the action of the story, and there's a happy end for them as well. It continues to follow...
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends
AuthorRonan Coghlan
ISBN1566198763
Often plundered and even plagiarised – frequently online and most notably in print by Mike Dixon-Kennedy in his Arthurian Myth and Legend: an A-Z of People and Places (1996) – this was the first really accessible dictionary of Arthurian personages, locales and other miscellanea. While not an...
The Road to Camlann. The Death of King Arthur
AuthorRosemary Sutcliff
ISBN0525440186
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...
Corbenic
AuthorCatherine Fisher
ISBN0060724706
It starts when Cal gets off the train at the wrong stop in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. He's stranded. Following a muddy path leads him to a castle that appears to be deserted. But inside is Corbenic, a magnificent hotel filled with rich people preparing for a banquet and Cal is their...
The Squire's Quest
AuthorGerald Morris
ISBN0547144245
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...
King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure
AuthorLarry Dean Benson
ISBN1879288389
Professor Benson's edition of the Stanzaic Morte Arthur and the Alliterative Morte Arthure has been long out of print. Benson's edition of these important Middle English poems is here revised and updated by Professor Edward E. Foster, taking into account recent scholarship, to once again be available...
The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan Le Fay
AuthorAlex Epstein
ISBN1896580637
A solid 4.5 stars. Well, it's a retelling of the tale of Morgan le Fey, the great villain and evil witch in the King Arthur's tales. You would know the beginning of the story already if you have paid attention to the King Arthur's myths, you would know about how Morgan lost her father as a child while her mother...
Arthur the King
AuthorAllan Massie
ISBN0786713844
At the top of his form, historical novelist Allan Massie revisits Britain in the dark years after the collapse of Rome, when the land is being ravaged by bitter struggles for power among warring kings. Or so it is until the arrival of Wart, a servant boy who has been tutored by a troupe of strolling players...
In Camelot's Shadow
AuthorSarah Zettel
ISBN0373811128
The Barnes & Noble Review
Sarah Zettel's In Camelot's Shadow is an enticing romantic fantasy set in Arthurian England that explores the legend of Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady. When Gawain, King Arthur's handsome and promiscuous nephew, saves a beautiful maiden from a sorcerer, will his...
The Chessboard Queen
AuthorSharan Newman
ISBN0312863918
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...
The Dalemark Quartet, Vol. 2: The Spellcoats & The Crown of Dalemark
AuthorDiana Wynne Jones
It is a country divided by war. For centuries, the earldoms of the North and South have battled. Now, four young people from different times -- with the help of their mysterious gods, the Undying -- must unite to save their beloved land.

When the great floods come to their village and Tanaqui and...
In the Shadow of the Oak King
AuthorCourtway Jones
ISBN0671734040
An interesting retelling of Malory, which is neither medieval nor quite 5th century. While the author is a cultural anthropologist, this "reconstruction" seem more like a fantasy world to me. The Druids definitely come across as the bad guys here, with their human child sacrifices. The love story...
The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions
AuthorHoward Pyle
ISBN0486267016
Enchanting tale of chivalry and love recounts the adventures of the most famous knight of King Arthur's Round Table. Fifty-two richly detailed illustrations by the author enhance stories of Launcelot's daring rescue of Queen Guinevere, the tournament at Astolat, the birth of Galahad, and much more....
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