 | King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: "Coming of Arthur"; The "Knights of the Round Table"; The "Quest of the Holy" (Puffin Classics) by Roger Lancelyn Green
Buy used from: £0.01 Good basic retelling of the main material
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 | The History of the Kings of Britain (Classics) by Geoffrey of Monmouth
Buy new: £7.22 / Used from: £4.98 "History" at this time just meant story, unmissable fiction though
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 | Le Morte Darthur: The Winchester Manuscript (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Malory
Buy used from: £1.99 The definitive 16th c tale in translation (original text very difficult)
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 | The Crystal Cave (Merlin Trilogy 1) by Lady Mary Stewart
Buy used from: £13.95 And sequels... key feature as near realistic as Monmouth allows
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 | The Mabinogion (Oxford World's Classics)
Buy new: £9.08 / Used from: £5.77 Key feature: the welsh angle, one of the oldest texts
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 | The Quest for Arthur's Britain
Buy used from: £0.01 Archaeology of dark ages, good but old (60s-70s)
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 | Arthur's Britain: History and Archaeology A.D. 367-634 (Penguin Classic History) by Leslie Alcock
Buy used from: £1.90 Archaeology of dark ages, good but still old (80s)
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 | The Mists of Avalon (Mists of Avalon 1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £2.86 Key feature: from Morgian's viewpoint
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 | The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Buy new: £6.67 / Used from: £2.25 Whimsical, funny but also dark - a classic
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 | Taliesin (Pendragon Cycle) by Stephen Lawhead
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 And sequels... key feature: ties celtic to Atlantis to christianity
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 | The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles) by Jack Whyte
Buy used from: £2.13 Roman-oriented approach with a touch of fantasy
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 | The Lantern Bearers (Eagle of the Ninth) by Rosemary Sutcliff
Buy new: £4.72 / Used from: £0.01 More realistic Roman-oriented take on the theme
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