Arthurian (ca 450-600)
When Women Were Warriors: Books I, II & III
Wilson’s utterly remarkable trilogy set in Bronze Age Britain opens with spirited young Tamras being sent to the household of…
The King Arthur Conspiracy: How a Scottish Prince Became a Mythical Hero
In The King Arthur Conspiracy, Simon Stirling traces the legend of the British king back to Scottish and Welsh early…
Battle of Kings
First published by Headline in the UK (2011), this is the US paperback edition of Book One of Hume’s series…
The Axe, the Shield and the Halig Rood
The second in a projected series, this is an imaginative re-drawing of Dark Age Britain in the late 5thC AD,…
Rebel
Like its predecessors, Healer and Thief, this, the third in the Brides of Alba series, is a Christian historical romance.…
The Stolen Bride
Editors' choice
When Malgwyn accompanies King Arthur to help settle a dispute in Doged’s troubled lands, they arrive to find more than…
Death of an Empire
This is the second instalment in M.K. Hume’s Merlin Trilogy. Keen to uncover his father’s identity, but also driven by…
Guinevere, the Legend in Autumn: Book Three of the Guinevere Trilogy
Persia Woolley’s final book of the Guinevere Trilogy, The Legend in Autumn, first appeared in 1993 and is being reprinted.…
Sunrise of Avalon
This concludes the trilogy, begun in Twilight of Avalon (2009) and Dark Moon of Avalon (2010), which sets the story…
The Killing Way
In this Arthurian mystery, the central character is Malgwyn ap Cuneglas. Once a feared warrior, he lost his sword arm…
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