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The Mahabharata: A Modern Rendering: Vol 1,V.2: A Modern Rendering: 1 by Ramesh Menon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Ramayana and the Mahabharata are the two great epics of India, the Mahabharata being by far the longer. Both were first composed in verse and, coming down the centuries in the ancient oral tradition, have deeply influenced the history, culture and arts of not only the Indian subcontinent but of most of South-East Asia. The Mahabharata tells of a Great War, and the events that lead upto it... -
Le Fay by Sophie Keetch
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLady Morgan surveys her life at an unhappy marriage and a vengeful husband determined to keep their son from his queen’s clutches, a true love she can’t be with, a jealous rival in magician Merlin who has the ear of Morgan’s half-brother King Arthur, and strange but wonderful powers of her own she is still exploring... -
A New World: A Strong Woman in the Middle Ages (A Medieval Tale Book 9) by Lina J. Potter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce, she did what seemed impossible. Still, her happily ever after is yet to come, as a new struggle arises. A new fight for her life, freedom, and happiness has already begun. A new place, new people, and a new world - and nothing in her hands. She has to start from the very beginning... -
The Singing Sword by Jack Whyte
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWe know the legends: Arthur brought justice to a land that had known only cruelty and force; his father, Uther, carved a kingdom out of the chaos of the fallen Roman Empire; the sword Excalibur, drawn from stone by England's greatest king.But legends do not tell the whole tale... -
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Beholden by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A beautiful noblewoman with a terrible secret, and a prince subjected to slavery.Upon the death of her wealthy father, Lady Gabriella is condemned to work in Warwick’s gem mine. As she struggles to survive the dangerous conditions, her kindness and beauty shine as brightly as the jewels the slaves excavate... -
Metamorphoses: Volume I, Books I-VIII by Ovid
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.Book I – The Creation, the Ages of Mankind, the flood, Deucalion and Pyrrha, Apollo and Daphne, Io, Phaëton... -
The Orphic Hymns by Orpheus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt the very beginnings of the Archaic Age, the great singer Orpheus taught a new religion that centered around the immortality of the human soul and its journey after death. He felt that achieving purity by avoiding meat and refraining from committing harm further promoted the pursuit of a peaceful life... -
The Dragon Ring by Fil Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe present day – 24-year-old librarian Gwen goes to scatter her father’s ashes on Glastonbury Tor and is kidnapped back in time to become King Arthur’s Dark Age queen – Guinevere...Categorized as:
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The Illuminati Secret by Rob Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***Don't miss the second high-octane, adrenaline-pumped, action-adventure quest in the Jed Mason thriller series!***Former British Army Boxing Champion and MI6 operative Jed Mason is enjoying an early retirement on his Portuguese farm when he receives a telephone call informing him of the kidnap of Dr Holly Hope, an academic he worked alongside in April to locate the Ark of the Covenant...Categorized as:
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Cinders: The Untold Story of Cinderella by Finley Aaron
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverything you’ve been told is wrong. Oh, not everything, I suppose. Yes, I turned a pumpkin into a coach and mice into horses. The stroke of midnight, the glass slippers, and the prince searching for a girl whose foot fit the shoe…those were all part of the story. And yet, the prince didn’t just fall in love with Cinderella because she looked good at the ball... -
The Legend of the King by Gerald Morris
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this final installment of the Squire's Tale series, Terence and his fellow Knights of the Round Table must come together in a last stand to save Camelot. The characters Gerald Morris has brought to life throughout his series—“Terence and Gawain, Lynet and Gaheris, Luneta and Rhience, Dinadan and Palomides"—each have an important role to play in this climactic final conflict...Categorized as:
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Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady by Selina Shirley Hastings
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a horrible hag saves King Arthur's life by answering a riddle, Sir Gawain agrees to marry her and thus releases her from an evil enchantment... -
Ganesha Goes to Lunch: Classics From Mystic India by Kamla K. Kapur
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKing Kubera was the greediest man in the world. Hated and feared by many, he schemed to win the love of the beautiful goddess Parvati . . . but learned an important lesson when he invited her elephant-headed son Ganesha over for lunch one day . . . So goes one of the many delightful tales in this decidedly grown-up book of traditional Indian stories, retold for the modern reader... -
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The Mythology Handbook: An Introduction to the Greek Myths by Hestia Evans
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGods! Heroes! Monsters! Explore the amazing myths of ancient Greece with this fun, interactive workbook — an essential companion to Mythology...Categorized as:
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The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales by Patrick K. Ford
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe title Mabinogi refers to the first four stories in this collection of tales from Welsh tradition. They are best known as the "Four Branches of the Mabinogi," and comprise the tales of Pwyll, Branwen, Manawydan, and Math. The remaining stories also spring from the same tree, and together they form a collection that comprises the core of the ancient Welsh mythological cycle... -
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 2 of 3 by Anonymous
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning...Categorized as:
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Shadow's End by Moira Katson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt last, Catwin and Miriel have chosen their own path, escaping the Court and its machinations, and fleeing to the Norstrung Provinces, to aid the rebellion. As they shed the masks and deceptions of their former life, however, both must face the fact that the same dark forces they fled are at work even in the furthest reaches of Heddred... -
Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeploying the same gripping plot dynamics and unforgettable sense of time and place that she used in the bestselling Wolf Den trilogy, Harper tells the thrilling story of the child of one of Ancient Rome's most implacable foes, Boudicca.There is more than one way for a woman to fight. From the author of the bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy...Categorized as:
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Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid: Books 1-6 by Virgil
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsVirgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BCE near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in mind, weak in health, he went back north for a quiet life. Influenced by the group of poets there, he may have written some of the doubtful poems included in our Virgilian manuscripts... -
The Kingdom by Bryan M. Litfin
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook Three in the Chiveis TrilogyWar and disease have destroyed the modern world. Centuries later, feudal societies have arisen across Europe. No one can remember the ancient religion of Christianity--until an army captain and a farmer's daughter discover the Sacred Writing of the one true God...Categorized as:
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Horace: Odes and Epodes by Michèle Lowrie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis collection of recent articles provides convenient access to some of the best recent writing on Horace's Odes and Epodes. Formalist, structuralist, and historicizing approaches alike offer insight into this complex poet, who reinvented lyric at the transition from the Republic to the Augustan principate... -
Maid of Deception by Jennifer McGowan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeatrice Knowles is a Maid of Honor, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s secret protectors. Known for her uncanny ability to manipulate men’s hearts, Beatrice has proven herself to be a valuable asset in the Queen’s court—or so she thinks. It has been three weeks since the Maids thwarted a plot to overthrow the Queen, and Beatrice is preparing to wed her betrothed, Lord Cavanaugh...Categorized as:
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The Secret Book of Kings by Yochi Brandes, Yardenne Greenspan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStories are deadlier than swords. Swords kill only those who stand before them, stories decide who will live and die in generations to come.Shlom'am, a young man from the tribe of Ephraim, has grown up in the shadow of several secrets. He wonders why his father is deathly afraid of the King's soldiers, and why his mother has lied to him about the identities of those closest to him... -
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Hesiod / Homeric Hymns / Epic Cycle / Homerica by Hesiod, Homer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTexts in Greek with English translations on facing pages.Contains the extant works of Hesiod, along with practically all that remains of the post-Homeric & pre-academic epic poetry:PrefaceHesiodThe Homeric HymnsThe Epigrams of HomerThe Epic CycleHomerica: The expedition of Amphiaraüs. The taking of Oechalia. The Procasi. The Margites. The Cercopes... -
Oracle of the Dead by John Maddox Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDecius Caecilius Metellus, this year's magistrate for cases involving foreigners, is living the good life in southern Italy, happy to be away from Rome, a city suffering war jitters over Caesar's impending actions... -
A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIncluding works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Celtic Miscellany offers a rich blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people... -
The Sunbird by Elizabeth Wein
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEleven-year-old Telemakos is the grandson of two royal men: one African, from the kingdom of Aksum; the other Artos, the fallen High King of Britain. He is also a remarkable listener and tracker. Now his country needs his skill. Even though there is a quarantine, plague is spreading through Aksum, leaving disease and death in its wake. Telemakos is recruited as the emperor’s spy... -
I, Medusa by Ayana Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine.Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story...Categorized as:
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The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur by Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNoble Gareth defeats a dreaded knight and wins the hand of a fair maiden...Categorized as:
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Cuchulain of Muirthemne: the Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster by Lady Augusta Gregory
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy Dear Friends, When I began to gather these stories together, it is of you I was thinking, that you would like to have them and to be reading them... -
Lady of the Light by Donna Gillespie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAuriane, warrior maiden of the Chattian tribe, was sworn to remove the cursed Romans from the lands of the Rhine. Then fate intervened: she was captured, brought to Rome in chains, and trained to fight in the arenas as a gladiator - only to fall in love with a Roman aristocrat, Marcus Arrius Julianus, and become his wife... -
The Paths of the Air by Alys Clare
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe new novel in the popular Hawkenlye series - Autumn 1196. A secretive stranger arrives at New Winnowlands, and Sir Josse dAcquin guesses that he is a returning Crusader. Josse seeks the assistance of Abbess Helewise of Hawkenlye to have the mans injuries treated in the infirmary... -
Laurel: By Camelot's Blood by Sarah Zettel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA powerful queen and an Arthurian knight risk their lives and love for their kingdoms in this romantic fantasy from an award-winning author. Romance and Arthurian legend combine in this epic series featuring the women of Camelot... -
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Song of the Nightingale by Alys Clare
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the latest Hawkenlye mystery, desperate men commit terrible crimes - but vengeance is on its way . . . Winter, 1211...Categorized as:
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Druids by Morgan Llywelyn
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 26 ratings“Mine was the vast dark sky and the spaces between the stars that called out to me; mine was the promise of magic.”So spoke the young Celt Ainvar, centuries before the enchanted age of Arthur and Merlin...Categorized as:
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The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere by Phyllis Ann Karr
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn The Idylls of the Queen, Phyllis Ann Karr takes an incident (the murder of Sir Patrise) from Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and creates an intelligent, complex, and fascinating mystery novel perfect for fans of historical mysteries, of British legends, and of fantasy.Queen Guenevere is giving a dinner to honor King Arthur's knights when one guest, Sir Patrise, falls dead of poison... -
Orestes and Other Plays by Euripides, James Morwood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOrestes and Other Plays provides new translations of Ion, Orestes, The Phoenician Women and The Suppliant Women, plays that all explore ethical and political themes. Ion vividly portrays the role of chance in human life and the dynamics of family relationships...Categorized as:
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The Serpent and the Grail by A.A. Attanasio
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe boy-king Arthor has beaten back the berserker wolf warriors of the Saxon god, uniting his island kingdom -- but at a terrible cost. For the Grail, the chalice of the Last Supper and the magical shield of Britain, has been stolen.Without the Grail's protection, Britain lies parched and barren, a demon-haunted landscape where sulfurous vapors taint ther air... -
Sons of Avalon: Merlin's Prophecy by Dee Marie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChaos ensues as Rome abandons Britain, leaving native Britons alone to defend their shores from the growing Saxon invasion. Set in 5th Century Britain, this retelling of the traditional legends of Merlin, King Arthur, and Avalon, blends a mixture of historical fact with Arthurian fantasy... -
Taliessin through Logres, The Region of the Summer Stars, and Arthurian Torso by Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of the most profound retellings of the Arthurian legend in the English language...When Taliessin through Logres was published in 1938, it received widespread critical acclaim. Alongside its partner companion The Region of the Summer Stars, it stands as one of the most profound and challenging works in Williams' body of work—and one of the most important to understanding him fully... -
The Bear King by James Wilde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBridging the gap between 'Game of Thrones' and Bernard Cornwell comes the third and final chapter in James Wilde's epic adventure of betrayal, battle and bloodshed . . . AD 375 - The Dark Age is drawing near . . .As Rome's legions abandon their forts, chaos grows on the fringes of Britannia...Categorized as:
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The Book of Dede Korkut by Anonymous
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Book of Dede Korkut is a collection of twelve stories set in the heroic age of the Oghuz Turks, a nomadic tribe who had journeyed westwards through Central Asia from the ninth century onwards... -
Patrick: Son of Ireland by Stephen R. Lawhead
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSlave, soldier, lover, hero, saint,—his life mirrored the cataclysmic world into which he was born. His memory will outlast the ages. Born of a noble Welsh family, he is violently torn from his home by Irish raiders at age sixteen and sold as a slave to a brutal wilderness king...Categorized as:
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The Pendragon by Catherine Christian
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe story is told through the eyes of Bedivere, Arthur's milk brother and first companion, and covers the period from Arthur's childhood to his King-making and inevitable death... -
Firelord by Parke Godwin
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom the ruins of empire, a great king arises Enslaved for centuries, used and then abandoned by the Roman conquerors, Britain is a shattered land -- with petty warlords and tribal leaders fighting over its pieces like mongrel dogs. The time is ripe for a warrior-king who will unite this wounded realm -- and a young centurion courageously answers the call... -
Pendragon by Stephen R. Lawhead
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAt the dawn of his reign, a young king confronts his destiny—and must prove his greatness . . . or lose a realmArthur is King—but treachery runs rampant throughout the beleaguered Isle of the Mighty. Darkest evil descends upon Britain’s shores in many guises. Fragile alliances fray and tear, threatening all the noble liege has won with his wisdom and his blood...Categorized as:
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The Downfall of the Gods by Villy Sørensen
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRetells the story of the warfare between the gods and the ice giants as a modern... -
In the Shadow of the Oak King by Courtway Jones
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the building of Camelot to the tempering of Arthur's allies Gawaine, King Ban, and Lancelot, this tale of love, loyalty, and war reveals a fascinating world where battles are won by faith as well as force, and peace is as elusive as the mist of time itself. First in a planned trilogy. A lively extension of Arthurian lore. . . .--Publishers Weekly... -
Brides of Rome by Debra May Macleod
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is a world of power and privilege, secrets and sacred duty. It is the world of ancient Rome. And it is the esteemed Vestal Virgins-priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the home and hearth-who protect the Eternal Flame that protects the Eternal City...
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