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King Arthur and Merlin
Fiction 
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Best known for the Arthurian-saga-from-the-women’s-perspective Mists of Avalon.
- Robert Holdstock
- Merlin Codex series.
- Steve Lawhead
- Pendragon cycle and other Celtic themes.
- Haydn Middleton
- Mordred Cycle.
- Irene Radford
- Merlin’s descendants series.
- Mary Stewart
- Merlin trilogy: The crystal cave - The hollow hills - The last enchantment.
- Rosalind Miles
- Tristan and Isolde trilogy.
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- Arthurian romances
- Arthur, King - Fiction
- Arthur, King - Young Adult Fiction
- Arthur, King - Children’s Fiction
Read the classics
- Le morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, 15th century
- The romance of Tristan; and, The tale of Tristan’s madness by Béroul, 12th century
- The Online Medieval and Classical Library has some of the original Arthurian tales, mostly by Chretian de Troyes, 12th century
- The once and future king by T. H. White, 1958
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court by Mark Twain
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Arthurian romance, Arts and Humanities Through the Eras. Ed. Edward I. Bleiberg, James Allan Evans, Kristen Mossler Figg, Philip M. Soergel, and John Block Friedman. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2005. p169-173.
Arthur on film
Listings from the Internet Movie Database of some famous (or infamous) Arthurian movies:
- King Arthur (2004)
A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Clive Owen and Keira Knightly.- First knight (1995)
- Sean Connery, Richard Gere and Julia Ormond.
- Excalibur (1981)
- Classic Arthurian movie directed by John Boorman and starring Nigel Terry and Helen Mirren.
- Camelot (1967)
- Timeless musical with Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave.
- The sword in the stone (1963)
- Disney cartoon feature adapted by Bill Peet from The once and future king by T. H. White. About The sword in the stone at IMDb.
Historical Arthur
In our libraries
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History at Oxford Reference Online
- Arthur, The Kings and Queens of Britain. John Cannon and Anne Hargreaves. Oxford University Press, 2009
- A. Redgate, Arthur, The Oxford Companion to British History. Ed. John Cannon. Oxford University Press, 1997
Websites
- Camelot project
- A database of Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information.
- BBC History - King Arthur 'Once and future king' by Michael Wood
- Examines the legend of King Arthur, the various versions of the legend, and links to more resources.
- Faces of Arthur
- Three main sections: the collection: a bibliography of Arthurian books, the articles: full text on a variety of Arthurian subjects and the full text History of Arthurian Britain, 407-597 by Fabio P. Barbieri. Hosted by Vortigern Studies.
