18 books like The Road to Avalon

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In winter's shadow Gillian Bradshaw · 1982 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations with this book.
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The Crimson Chalice Victor Canning · 1976 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Moderate When a party of marauding Saxons destroy her father's villa, young Roman girl Gratia, 'Tia' escapes. She comes upon the body of the heir to the chieftanship of a British tribe in the west. Baradoc, a prisoner of Phoenician traders, was sold as a slave and is also escaping the Saxons. However, after being attacked he was left for dead by his cousin, the next heir. Tia nurses him back to health,… Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations
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Arthur Rex Thomas Berger · 1978 · ★ 3.9 · 499p · ≈ 16h · Moderate King Arthur, Merlin, and the knights of the Round Table live in ancient Britain but have contemporary concerns because Guinevere and the other women act liberated. Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations
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Sword at Sunset Rosemary Sutcliff · 1963 · ★ 4.0 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations with this book.
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Enemy of God Bernard Cornwell · 1996 · ★ 4.5 · 409p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The continuing story of Arthur, the second in a trilogy which began with THE WINTER KING. The novels bring Arthur and his world to vivid life. A man battling for his vision of the future in a brutal age, dragged down by suspicions and magics of the past, surrounded by intrigue, dependent on his skill at war and genius for leadership. Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations
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Arthur Stephen R. Lawhead · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate E-Book Extra: "Stephen R. Lawhead on…" (The writing process; The Atlantis/Britain connection; Whether or not Arthur existed, etc.)They called him unfit to rule, a lowborn, callow boy, Uther's bastard.But his coming bad been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. And be had learned powerful secrets at the knee of the mystical sage Merlin. He was Arthur -- Pendragon of the Island of the Mighty… Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations
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Pendragon Stephen R. Lawhead · 1992 · ★ 4.5 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate E-Book Extra: "Stephen R. Lawhead on…" (The writing process; The Atlantis/Britain connection; Whether or not Arthur existed, etc.)Arthur is King, but darkest evil has descended upon Britain's shores in many guises. And Arthur's most trusted counselor Myrddin, whom legend will name Merlin, is himself to be tested. So Arthur must stand alone against a terrible adversary to win immortality and the… Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations
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Avalon Stephen R. Lawhead · 1999 · ★ 3.9 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate It has been fortold: In the hour of Britain's greatest need, King Arthur will return to rescue his people.In Portugal, the reprobate King Edward the Ninth has died by his own hand.In England, a dark scenario conceived by the power-hungry Prime Minister, Thomas Waring, is about to be realized: the total destruction of the British monarchy in the twenty-first century.And in the Scottish Highlands,… Shares Avalon, Arthur, Adaptations, Arthurian romances
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The Winter King Bernard Cornwell · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. As he struggles to unite Britain and hold back the Saxon enemy, Arthur is embroiled in a doomed… Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations
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The Sorcerer Jack Whyte · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 523p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations with this book.
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The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley · 1979 · ★ 4.1 · 876p · ≈ 29h · Challenging When Morgan le Fay (Morgaine) has to sacrifice her virginity during fertility rites, the man who impregnates her is her younger brother Arthur, who she turns against when she thinks he has betrayed the old religion of Avalon. Shares Avalon, Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers
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The book of the sword Diana L. Paxson · 1999 · ★ 3.7 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Arthur, Adaptations, Arthurian romances, History with this book.
Mythology of King Arthur and his knights
Mythology of King Arthur and his knights Evelyn Wolfson · 2014 Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Arthurian romances with this book.
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The Wicked Day Mary Stewart · 1983 · ★ 4.2 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Far from being the scourge of Arthur, his bastard son Mordred actually strives to resist Merlin's prophecy of doom. But he is thwarted by the schemes of his sorceress mother, Queen Morgause, who has brought him up to be her revenge incarnate. Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations
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Prospectus and specimen of an intended national work John Hookham Frere · 1817 · 61p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Shares Kings and rulers, Adaptations, Arthurian romances with this book.
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King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green · 1953 · ★ 3.9 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate King Arthur is one of the greatest legends of all time. From the magical moment when Arthur releases the sword in the stone to the quest for the Holy Grail and the final tragedy of the Last Battle, Roger Lancelyn Green brings the enchanting world of King Arthur stunningly to life.One of the greatest legends of all time, with an inspiring introduction by David Almond, award-winning author of Clay,… Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain · 1889 · ★ 3.8 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Challenging A blow on the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom by organizing a school system, constructing telephone lines, and inventing the printing press. Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations
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The Fall of Arthur J.R.R. Tolkien · 2013 · ★ 3.3 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The first publication of a previously unknown narrative poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur. Shares Britons, Arthur, Kings and rulers, Adaptations

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