Arthurian (ca 450-600)
In Winter’s Shadow
The third volume of Bradshaw’s Arthurian trilogy (originally published in 1981) is narrated by Gwynhwyfar, wife of King Arthur Pendragon,…
Queen of the Summer Stars: Book Two of the Guinevere Trilogy
Woolley gives fair warning that her vision of King Arthur’s world is in the realistic tradition. The book’s first sentence,…
Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur
This is not your grandmother’s King Arthur. From the man who turned Pride and Prejudice and Zombies into a graphic…
Aurthora: Celtic Prince
In Aurthora, R. W. Hughes has written a tale of adventure, love, loyalty, and betrayal set in 5th- century Britannica.…
The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan le Fay
Editors' choice
In the beginning she is Anna. Her father is Gorlois, lord of Trigos, and her mother is Ygraine, the beautiful…
Ambrosius Aureliani (Arthurian Tales, #1)
In this first volume of a planned four-book set, the story of King Arthur is retold as actual history in…
The Beloved Dead
King Arthur is setting aside Guinevere, his lover of ten years, to make a political match with the daughter of…
Child of the Northern Spring
The story of Arthur and Guinevere has been told and retold numerous times, but this first volume of Woolley’s Guinevere…
King Arthur: The Bloody Cup
For many years the people of Briton have enjoyed peace and prosperity under the reign of King Artor, but the…
The Divine Sacrifice
This is the second novel in a series of mysteries set in King Arthur’s Britain during the 5th century. In…
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