Are there any books about king arthur?

Question

and also about robin hood?
i would like the tales of them not a reference book
thanking you!!

Answer 1

The Once and Future King is a classic version of Arthur, and the basis for The Sword in The Stone. I've also got a book of tales by Roger Lancelyn Green that's been pretty good:



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Knights-Everymans-Library-Childrens-Classics/dp/1857159101



You'll probably find lots of variations because there isn't an official version. It's just a matter of which one appeals to you, hopefully you'll find one :)

Answer 2

Mallory's l'Morte d' Artur is the book that really started the Arthur stories that we know today. You might be able to find a translation (it is about 600 years old) in a library.



Geoffrey Ashe has written several books about Arthur, and examines the truth behind the legends. There are several others that do this as well.



Whyte has a multi-book series that looks at Arthur from a slightly different angle, but based on what could have been.



There is significantly less regarding Robin Hood, except for some children's books. Even the texts are more scarce. This seems to be due to Arthur's likely existing (albeit not a king, and no knights of the round table, etc.), whereas Robin Hood seems to be an amalgam of several people who lived hundreds of years apart. Some argue that Arthur also contains elements from different people, but quite as much as Robin.

Answer 3

Try The Tale of King Arthur and The Most piteous Tale of The Morte Arthur Saunz Guerdon by Malory

Answer 4

There's are loads of books that just retell the legends. I presume you mean novels?



For Arthur, try Rosemary Sutcliff, Parke Godwin and Bernard Cornwell

Robin hood is harder, not many decent grown up novels written on him. Parke Godwin did one, but although well written didn't have the impact of Arthur. well known fantasy author Stephen Lawhead has written a very unusual Robin trilogy; have it on my shelf but haven't read it yet.

Answer 5

This is sraight from wikipedia



20th century



King Arthur and his Knights by Maude Radford

Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel by Thomas Berger

Taliessin through Logres (1938) and The Region of the Summer Stars

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf

The Child Queen, The High Queen, (collected in Queen of Camelot), Prince of Dreams, and The Grail Prince by Nancy McKenzie

Hallowed Isle by Diana L. Paxson

Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff

Also The Sword and the Circle'

Mordred's Curse and Merlin's Gift by Ian McDowell

I am Mordred and I am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer

The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles

Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country

The Knight of the Sacred Lake

Child of the Holy Grail

Knight Life, One Knight Only and Fall of Knight by Peter David

The Merlin series by Mary Stewart

The Crystal Cave

The Hollow Hills

The Last Enchantment

The Wicked Day

The Prince and the Pilgrim

The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio

The Dragon and the Unicorn

The Eagle and the Sword

The Wolf and the Crown

The Serpent and the Grail

The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell

The Winter King

By Jane Yolen:

Sword of the Rightful King

The Young Merlin Trilogy

By Gerald Morris:

The Squire's Tale

The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady

The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf

Parsifal's Page

The Ballad of Sir Dinadan

The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight

The Lioness and her Knight

The Quest for the Great Unknown

By Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy

The Forever King

The Broken Sword

The Third Magic

The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead

Taliesen

Merlin

Arthur

Pendragon

Grail

Avalon

21st century



Avalon High by Meg Cabot

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The House of Pendragon I: The Firebrand by Debra A. Kemp (2003)

The House of Pendragon II: The Recruit by Debra A. Kemp (2007)



Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor

MacGregor

Sons of Avalon: Merlin's Prophecy by Dee Marie

The Rose of Camelot by James Philip Cox

Camelot Lost by Jessica Bonito

I am Morgan le Fay: A Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer



Nonfiction



Arthur's Britain by Leslie Alcock

The Return From Avalon by Raymond H. Thompson

The Quest for Arthur's Britain by Geoffrey Ashe

The Medieval Quest for Arthur by Robert Rouse and Cory Rushton

King Arthur - The True Story by Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman

Pendragon The Origins of Arthur by Steve Blake and Scott Lloyd

The Arthurian Tradition by John Matthews

Answer 6

There are lots of books and tales about King Arthur in modern English.



See http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/R3KPSDORBZLMJ6/ref=cm_rna_own_lm for a list of medieval Arthurian tales now available in modern English translations. There is also the Arthurian Archives series from Boydell and Brewer. This currently contains 16 books which may be ordered separately on all at once from the publisher. See http://www.boydell.co.uk/ARTAN.HTM .



Some of the stories are also available free on the web in English.



See, for example, http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cme;cc=cme;rgn=main;view=toc;idno=Merlin and http://members.terracom.net/~dorothea/baladro/index.html for two examples which aren’t on the list. See also http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/index_continental.html and http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/index_welsh.html and http://omacl.org/Graal/ .



Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur” is one of the latest medieval works, not one of the earliest. It is famous, in English, for being the only work in English which covers large portions of the French Arthurian cycle and because it is, especially towards the end, very well written. Except for the story of Sir Gareth and some Lancelot material, everything in it is Malory’s adaptations of known sources, available in French editions.



There are also numerous tales of Arthur told in modern novels, which sometimes mostly rework material from Malory and other medieval sources, are sometimes pure modern invention, and are sometimes between these two extremes. See other posts for this modern stuff.



Early Robin Hood occurs only in ballads. The ballads were collected by Francis James Child. See ballads 115 to 154 at http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ .



Plays were written later, in which Robin Hood was no longer an outlaw yeoman, but the Earl of Huntingdon who became an outlaw in part to rebel against the regent Prince John.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

This show is different from Merlin, it's called Orphan Black on BBC America its on after Doctor Who, it is about clones but the story line is twisted so you don't know or expect exactly what will happen next

Answer 10

A series of books by Bernard Cornwell Winter King, Enemy of God and

Excalibur he also wrote The Sharpe series which was later televised!

Very good author has written lots of books about different periods in time, enjoy friend x

Answer 11

Hundreds. The epitome is La Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Mallory.

Answer 12

stephen lawhead has written taliesin,merlin and arthur

marion zimmer bradley and sharon penman have written books from the side of guinevere and nimue(the lady of the lake) and mary stewart too has written some great arthurian books hope that helps

Answer 13

With King Arthur I'm going to suggest the Arthur Trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland. This Trilogy is set around the time of the (disastrous) fourth crusade. It is about a boy who receives a stone called the seeing stone. Within it he sees the story King Arthur and events in the boy's life seem to eerily reflect those of the king.

http://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Stone-Arthur-Trilogy-Book/dp/0439263271/



The Book of Mordred by Vande Velde

http://www.amazon.com/Book-Mordred-Vivian-Vande-Velde/dp/0618809163/



I Am Morgan le Fay by Springer

http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Morgan-Fay-Firebird/dp/0698119746/



Mad Merlin by King

http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Merlin-J-Robert-King/dp/0812584279/



The Crystal Cave by Stewart

http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Cave-Arthurian-Saga-Book/dp/0060548258/



The Pendragon Cycle by Lawhead

http://www.amazon.com/Taliesin-Pendragon-Cycle-Book-1/dp/038070613X/



Forbidden Forest and In a Dark Wood both by Cadlum. These two books take the same story from different perspectives. One is John's story the other is the Sheriff's.

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Wood-Michael-Cadnum/dp/0141306386/

http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Forest-Story-Little-Robin/dp/0439317746/



Hood by Lawhead

http://www.amazon.com/Hood-King-Raven-Trilogy-Book/dp/B00164EAY6/

Answer 14

There's a book by shakespeare that is called king arthur and its about....king arthur lol

Answer 15

if you like arthurian novels, read "the once and future king." not only is it a classic, it's an amazing body of work. enjoy.

Answer 16

Well, there are tons of books about both. You can check out your local library and see what they have.