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Arthurian (ca 450-600)

Twilight of Avalon

By Anna Elliott - Published 2009

Genres:

In Arthurian fiction, queens tend to fall into two groups: the powerful and the powerless. Anna Elliott places Isolde among the latter. To ...Read Review

The Killing Way

By Tony Hays - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

It was only a matter of time before historical mysteries discovered King Arthur. Modern mysteries occasionally feature Excalibur and the Grail; and, like ...Read Review

The Excalibur Murders

By J.M.C. Blair - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Merlin the Magician and King Arthur are reunited again in Camelot. This time they work to solve the brutal murder of one ...Read Review

Dancing with Demons

By Peter Tremayne - Published 2007 Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In this 16th installment of Tremayne’s Fidelma of Cashel series, the High King of Ireland is killed at night in the ...Read Review

The Excalibur Murders

By J.M.C. Blair - Published 2008

Genres:

Historical Fantasy Mystery/Crime

Merlin the Magician and King Arthur are reunited again in Camelot. This time they work to solve the brutal murder of one of ...Read Review

Sword at Sunset

By Rosemary Sutcliff - Published 2008

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Although fans of Arthurian history and fiction have long been familiar with the depiction of Arthur as the last of the Romano-British warriors, ...Read Review

The Sarsen Witch

By Eileen Kernaghan - Published 2008

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

After having witnessed her entire family slaughtered by the invading horse-lords, young Naeri survives on her own for several years before being captured ...Read Review

The Empty Kingdom: The Mark of Solomon, Book Two

By Elizabeth E. Wein - Published 2008

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In the conclusion to Wein’s impressive Mark of Solomon duology (and fifth in her Arthurian/Aksumite series for younger readers, set in ...Read Review

Deep Magic

By Joy Nash - Published 2008

Genres:

Historical Fantasy Romance

Set in Britain in AD 132, the second book in Nash’s Druids of Avalon series describes the struggle of a small community of ...Read Review

Guinevere’s Gift

By Nancy McKenzie - Published 2008

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In modern Arthurian fiction, Arthur’s queen is usually portrayed as either an imperious and wilful manipulator, or a (largely) innocent victim of ...Read Review