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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Robin of Locksley, outlaw of Sherwood Forest, telling how he gathered such loyal followers as Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Allan a Dale, and relating their adventures in the service of Richard the Lion-Hearted.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
From Michael Korda, author of the New York Times bestselling Eisenhower biography Ike and the captivating Battle of Britain book With Wings Like Eagles, comes the critically-acclaimed definitive biography of T. E. Lawrence—the legendary British soldier, strategist, scholar, and adventurer whose exploits as "Lawrence of Arabia" created a legacy of mythic proportions in his own lifetime. Many know T.E. Lawrence from David Lean's Oscar-winning...
Author
Publisher
Signet Classics
Pub. Date
2010, c1962
Language
English
Description
"In a time when there were damsels in distress to save and mythical dragons to slay, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table were there to render justice in the face of any danger. From the incredible wizardry of Merlin to the undeniable passion of Sir Launcelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights offer epic adventures with the supernatural as well as timeless battles with our own humanity." from the publisher
11) King Arthur
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Surveys the known history of King Arthur, the legends and lore surrounding him, his treatment in literature, and the possible historical background of his associates and stories.
13) Hades' daughter
Author
Series
Troy game volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Ancient Greece: A place where the gods hold mortal life cheap, mere playthings to amuse, delight, and abuse at their will.
But those puny mortals are not wholly devoid of power and at the core of their fabulous city-states lies the Labyrinth, where they can shape the powers of the heavens to their own design. When Theseus entered the Labyrinth and came away with the prize of freedom and his beloved Adrianne, Mistress of the Labyrinth, his future...
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious...
15) Gods' concubine
Author
Series
Troy game volume 2
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
From ancient Greece they came, remnants of the glorious Trojans. Led by Brutus, Kingman, holder of the bands of gold that wield the very magic of the Gods, these travelers are bowed but not broken, and they have come to Albion to begin anew. A vision of beauty called them to create a new Troy, and when they landed on the shores of the land that became Britain, they found an old magic that was fading. And so they began to construct a new Labyrinth,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Language
English
Description
Deirdre Kirkwood, the bastard child of Griffin, a Catholic priest, and demon-infested Roanna Douglas, has been raised with her cousins Betsy and Hal, the children of Griffin's twin, Donovan. Each of them has inherited a powerful magical talent and a wolfhound familiar. Any of them could become the next Merlin of Britain.
Deirdre's quest to know something, anything, about her father leads to a confrontation with El Lobison the Master of all Werewolves....
Author
Series
Camulod chronicles volume 8
Publisher
Forge
Language
English
Description
Clothar, the son of a Frankish lordling, attends one of the few shools in Europe where logic and p hilosophy are taught along with battle techniques. He grows to manhood vowing to uphold the concepts of justice and righteousness.
18) Darkwitch rising
Author
Series
Troy game volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
DARKWITCH RISING is the third title in Sara Douglass's compelling Troy Game series, a riveting historical fantasy series of love and revenge set against the very fabric of time itself.
Britian. An ancient land. Most think they know its history. But few suspect and fewer still know the truth.
For back in the mists of time came Brutus, last of the Trojan kings, who was armed with the knowledge of how to construct a magical Labyrinth that could rival...
19) By force alone
Author
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Everyone thinks they know the story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. The fact is they don't know sh*t. Arthur? An over-promoted gangster. Merlin? An eldritch parasite. Excalibur? A shady deal with a watery arms dealer. Britain? A clogged sewer that Rome abandoned just as soon as it could.