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And on the sword was written in letters of gold, 'Whoso pulleth out the sword
from this stone is born the rightful King of Britain'.
Works About The King Arthur Myth
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 | "The Quest of The Holy Grail" [1913] by Jessie L. Weston this is a book about the subject (not a translation of a 13th Century manuscript with the same title) Dover Publns 8½x5¼ pb [7/2001] out of print/used CreateSpace 8x5 pb [12/2015] for $8.00 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $30.36 |
 | "The Real Camelot: Paganism and The Arthurian Romances" [1914] by John Darrah Thames and Hudson 8¾x5¾ hardcover [8/81] out of print/60+ used Dorset Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/81] out of print/many used |
 | "From Ritual To Romance: An Account of The Holy Grail From Ancient Ritual To Christian Symbol" [1920] by Jessie L. Weston "a highly-speculative, but fascinating, study of the Holy Grail traditions" Kindle Edition from DigiReads/Cosimo [2004 edition] for 99¢ Kindle Edition from Books On Demand [11/2018] for $2.99 Doubleday Anchor mass pb [1957] for $44.80 {sic} Aeterna 9x6 pb [2/2011] for $10.99 Dover Publns 8½x5½ pb [10/2011] for $14.95 |
"King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury" [Collins, 1957] by Geoffrey Ashe
 | "Arthur of Albion: An Introduction To The Arthurian Literature and Legends of England" [1961] by Richard W. Barber, Foreword by David Jones
Barrie & Rockliff hardcover [1961] out of print/used |
 | "The Development of Arthurian Romance" [1963] by Roger Sherman Loomis
Kindle Edition from Dover Publns [11/2012] for $6.99 W.W. Norton & Co. 7½x5 pb [2/70] out of print/used Hutchinson Univ Library 7¼x5 hardcover [1963] out of print/used |
 | "The Grail Legend" [1970] by Emma Jung & Marie-Louise von Franz Princeton Univ Press 9½x6¼ pb [10/98] for $28.81 Sigo Press English/German-language 8½x6 pb [1986] overpriced Sigo Press English/German-language 9x6 pb [1986] for $22.40 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. hardcover [9/70] out of print/used |
"King Arthur In Fact and Legend" [T. Nelson, 1971] by Geoffrey Ashe
"The Age of Arthur: A History of The British Isles from 350 to 650" [6/1973]
by John Morris hc=/068413313X/ pb=/1842124773/ [2001]
 | "The Glastonbury Legends: The Quest for King Arthur & The Holy Grail" [1971] by R.F. Treharne Abacus Books 7½x5 pb [1975] out of print/used Sphere pb [1971] out of print/used |
 | "Arthur and The Anglo-Saxon Wars" [1984] by David Nicolle, Illustrated by Angus McBride Osprey Men-at-Arms 9½x7 pb [1987] for $15.20 Osprey Men-at-Arms 9¾x7¼ pb [3/84] for $17.95 |
 | "The Discovery of King Arthur" [1985] by Geoffrey Ashe 'in association with Debrett's Peerage' History Press 7½x5 pb [8/2005] for $15.42 Holt 9x6 pb [1/87] for $8.00 Anchor Books 9½x6½ hardcover [2/85] out of print/140+ used |
"King Arthur" [6/1986] by Norma Lorre Goodrich
http://www.amazon.com/King-Arthur-Norma-Lorre-Goodrich/dp/0060971827/ [1/1989]
http://www.amazon.com/King-Arthur-Norma-Lorre-Goodrich/dp/0531097013/ [6/1986]
"Merlin" [11/1987] by Norma Lorre Goodrich
http://www.amazon.com/Merlin-Norma-Lorre-Goodrich/dp/0060971835/ [1/1989]
http://www.amazon.com/Merlin-Norma-Lorre-Goodrich/dp/0531150607/ [11/1987]
"The Arthurian Handbook" [Garland, 1988] by Geoffrey Ashe, with Norris Lacy
http://www.amazon.com/Arthurian-Handbook-Second-Norris-Lacy/dp/0815320817/
"The Arthurian Handbook" (Second Edition) [10/1997]
by Norris J. Lacy (Author), Geoffrey Ashe (Author), Debra N. Mancoff (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Arthurian-Handbook-Second-Norris-Lacy/dp/0815320817/
"King Arthur: The Dream of A Golden Age" [Thames & Hudson, 5/1990] by Geoffrey Ashe
http://www.amazon.com/King-Arthur-Dream-Golden-Imagination/dp/0500810354/
"Arthur and The Lost Kingdoms" [8/1999] by Alistair Moffat
http://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Lost-Kingdoms-Alistair-Moffat-ebook/dp/B009YPJPNK/
http://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Lost-Kingdoms-Alistair-Moffat/dp/1780270798/
http://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Lost-Kingdoms-Alistair-Moffat/dp/029764324X/
 | "Worlds of Arthur: King Arthur In History, Legend & Culture" [1999] by Fran & Geoff Doel and Terry Lloyd Tempus Publrs Ltd 7¾x5 pb [3/2005] out of print/used Tempus Publrs Ltd 9¼x6½ hardcover [1999] out of print/used |
 | "The World of King Arthur and His Court: People, Places, Legend & Lore" [ages 9-12; 1999] by Kevin Crossley-Holland, Illustrated by Peter Maloney Dutton Juvenile 10¼x7½ pb [8/2004] for $14.99 Dutton Juvenile 10¾x8 hardcover [10/99] out of print/used |
 | "Myth and National Identity In Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood" [2000] by Stephanie Barczewski
Oxford Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [4/2000] for $150.00 |
 | "The Keys to Avalon: The True Location of Arthur's Kingdom Revealed" [2000] by Steve Blake & Scott Lloyd Rider & Co. 8¾x5 pb [rev 6/2003] for $17.16 Element Books 9½x6½ hardcover [12/2000] for $22.49 |
 | "Merlin: The Prophet & His History" [2001] by Geoffrey Ashe Wessex Books 9½x6½ pb [4/2001] out of print/used Sutton Publng 8x6 hardcover [2/2007] out of print/used |
 | "A Dictionary of King Arthur's Knights: Beyond Lancelot, Tristan & Galahad, Uncloaking The Mystery of Arthur's Noblemen, Knights & Dauntless Warriors" [grades 7 & up; 2001] by Pamela Ryan — includes some illustrations by N.C. Wyeth & Howard Pyle Nautical & Aviation Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2001] for $26.95 |
 | "The Legends of King Arthur" [grades 4-6; 2001] by Rhiannon Ifans
Y Lolfa, Wales mass pb [12/2001] for $9.95 |
 | "Merlin: A Casebook" [2003] Edited by Peter H. Goodrich & Raymond H. Thompson Kindle Edition from Routledge [2004 edition] for $51.00 {sic} Routledge 9x6 pb [4/2014] for $57.97 {sic} Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2013] for $144.22 {sic} |
 | "King Arthur: Dark Age Warrior and Mythic Hero" [YA; 2004] by John Matthews • contains 120 color and black-and-white images Rosen Publng Group 11½x9¼ library hardcover [1/2008] for $43.60 Gramercy 11x9¼ hardcover [8/2004] out of print/50+ used Carlton Books Ltd. 11½x9½ hardcover [8/2004] out of print/60+ used |
 | "Legends of King Arthur Through the Ages" [2005] Illustrated by Howard David Johnson
contains: "A Time Before Tales" by Colin Bradshaw-Jones; "Kilhwch and Olwen" from the medieval "Mabinogion", translated by Lady Charlotte Guest; and the classic collection from 1862 by Sir James Knowles [1831-1908] of 14 tales LULU.com 11x8¼ pb [7/2005] for $27.95 |
 | "The Oxford Guide To Arthurian Literature and Legend" [2005] by Alan Lupack Oxford Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [5/2007] for $14.28 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [8/2005] for $120.80 {sic} |
"Edward III's Round Table At Windsor: The House of The Round Table and The Windsor Festival of 1344" [5/2007]
by Julian Munby, Richard Barber & Richard Brown
http://www.amazon.com/Edward-IIIs-Round-Table-Windsor/dp/1843833913/
http://www.amazon.com/Edward-IIIs-Round-Table-Windsor/dp/1843833131/
"The World of King Arthur" [2/2011] by Christopher Snyder
http://www.amazon.com/World-King-Arthur-Christopher-Snyder/dp/0500289042/
 | "Arthur, Rex Eternus" [2011] Poems by Alex Ness, Short Story by Josh Brown, Illustrations by Trent Westbrook
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2011] for $2.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [3/2011] for $9.99 |
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"The Grail, The Quest, and The World of Arthur" [2012] Edited by Norris J. Lacy D.S. Brewer 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2012] for $65.60 {sic} |
"Exploring Guinevere's Search for Authenticity in the Arthurian Romances: The Thousand-Year Quest of a Mythic Woman
to Find Her Historical Embodiment in Film and Literature" [9/2012] by Janet Bubar Rich & Evans Lansing Smith
http://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Guineveres-Authenticity-Arthurian-Romances/dp/0773426639/
 | "The Grail, Arthur, and His Knights: A Jungian Symbolic Reading" [2013] by Maria Zelia de Alvarenga Kindle Edition from Routledge [4/2018] for $9.99 Routledge 8x5 pb [2013] for $20.29 |
 | "Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of The Dark Ages" [2013] by Guy Halsall Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [2/2013] for $9.99 Oxford Univ Press 8½x5¼ pb [7/2014] for $21.68 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [3/2013] for $20.95 |
 | "Arthur In Medieval Welsh Literature" [2013] by O.J. Padel
Kindle Edition from Univ of Wales Press [5/2013] for $20.90 Univ of Wales Press 8½x5½ pb [8/2013] for $22.00 |
 | "Finding Arthur: The Truth Behind The Legend of The Once and Future King" [2013] by Adam Ardrey While doing genealogical research on a Scottish clan, Ardrey kept finding references to local landmarks that matched desriptions in the ancient texts about King Arthur . . . Kindle Edition from Abrams Press [10/2014] for $15.26 Harry N. Abrams 8x5½ pb [10/2014] for $16.95 Harry N. Abrams 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2013] out of print/used |
 | "Romance of The Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth" [CWJC #7 = 2015] by Joseph Campbell [1904-87], Edited by Evans Lansing Smith Kindle Edition from Joseph Campbell Foundation [4/2018] for $9.99 New World Library 9x6 hardcover [12/2015] for $19.89 |
 | "The Lost Tomb of King Arthur: The Search For Camelot and The Isle of Avalon" [grades 9 & up; 2016] by Graham Phillips Kindle Edition from Bear & Co./Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [4/2016] for $8.99 Bear & Company 9x6 pb [4/2016] for $15.15 |
 | "Handbook of Arthurian Romance: King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature" [2017] Edited by Leah Tether & Johnny McFadyen
Kindle Edition from De Gruyter Reference [6/2017] for $126.33 {sic} De Gruyter Reference 9¼xs6¼ hardcover [6/2017] for $132.98 {sic} |
 | "The Inklings and King Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis, and Owen Barfield On The Matter of Britain" [2017] Edited by Sørina Higgins
Kindle Edition from Apocryphile Press [1/2018] for $9.99 Apocryphile Press 9¼x7½ pb [12/2017] for $40.25 see also Spirit of America Bookstore's 'The Inklings' Literary Society [1933-63] of Britain Page |
 | "Literary Narratives and The Cultural Imagination: King Arthur and Don Quixote As National Heroes" [2018] by María Odette Canivell Arzú, Foreword by Richard Barber
Kindle Edition from Lexington Books [12/2018] for $90.00 {sic} Lexington Books 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2018] for $81.90 {sic} |
http://www.amazon.com/Age-Tyrants-Britain-Britons-D/dp/0271017805/
http://www.amazon.com/Arthurs-Garland-Reference-Library-Humanities/dp/0815325002/
http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Arthurian-Literature-Blackwell-Companions/dp/1405157895/
http://www.amazon.com/Merlin-Casebook-Arthurian-Characters-Themes/dp/081530658X/
http://www.amazon.com/Merlin-Knowledge-Power-Through-Ages/dp/0801443652/
http://www.amazon.com/New-Arthurian-Encyclopedia-Paperback-Humanities/dp/0815323034/
http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Arthurian-Literature-Paperback-Reference/dp/019921509X/
http://www.amazon.com/World-King-Arthur-Christopher-Snyder/dp/0500051046/
Fiction About The King Arthur Myth
 | "The Hidden Treasure of Glaston" [YA novel 1946] by Eleanore M. Jewett I read this as a kid [TAB edition 1955]; already knew the basic King Arthur tales, but was quite surprised at the unknown-to-me background of the legends of Avalon, Glastonbury Abbey, the Chalice, and Joseph of Arimathea; book won the Newberry Medal the recent BB editions are illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman Kindle Edition from Bethlehem Books [2000 edition] for $4.95 Bethlehem Books 8¼x5½ pb [5/2000] for $15.02 Bethlehem Books 8¾x5¾ library hardcover [6/2007] for $23.95 Scholastic Book Services mass pb [1963] out of print/used |
 | "Damosel: In Which The Lady of The Lake Renders A Frank and Often Startling Account of Her Wondrous Life and Times" [ages 12 & up; 2008] by Stephanie Spinner Kindle Edition from Knopf Books for Young Readers [10/2008] for $7.99 Knopf BFYR 8x5½ pb [8/2010] for $7.87 Knopf BFYR 8¼x6 hardcover [10/2008] out of print/70+ used |
 | "Looking For The King: An Inklings Novel" [2010] by David C. Downing A young American doctoral candidate visits Oxford, England in 1940 to research Arthurian legends and meets a fellow American staying with her aunt; they discover evidence that the fabled Spear of Destiny, the lance that pierced the side of Christ on the cross, is hidden somewhere in England. While aided by members of 'The Inklings' Literary Society (including C.S. Lewis & J.R R. Tolkien), the American pair are soon shadowed by powerful and secretive foes who seek the spear for their own evil purposes. Kindle Edition from Ignatius Press [10/2010] for $10.93 Ignatius Press pb [2/2013] for $11.51 Ignatius Press 8x5½ hardcover [10/2010] out of print/used |
 | "Finding Camlann: A Novel" [2013] by Sean Pidgeon The legends tell us that Camlann is where King Arthur fought and died, run through by his enemy Mordred's sword – but no one is sure where Camlann is; a dramatic archaeological find at Stonehenge and the rediscovery of an old Welsh battle poem buried among the manuscripts of the Bodleian Library open up new possibilities in Arthurian scholarship for archaeologist Donald Gladstone, and beguiling linguist Julia Llewellyn opens up other possibilities as well. Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton & Co. [1/2013] for $10.39 W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6 hardcover [1/2013] for $16.38 author's official website • watch official book promo [1:22] at YouTube |
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