Mordred: What happens when you die?
Arthur: You go to heaven?
Mordred: No, I mean – when you die, do I get the throne?
Galehaut
never heard of | so bad I’ll pretend to not know them | boring | indifferent | great!| a favorite | the reason why I started reading arthuriana
If you’re still doing the character thing, what about Ector? I think he’s a bit underrated
never heard of | so bad I’ll pretend to not know them | boring | indifferent | great!| a favorite | the reason why I started reading arthuriana | ONLY GOOD DAD IN ALL ARTHURIANA
The Road to Avalon
I want to read it | never heard of | so bad I forgot the plot | boring | okay | I’ll probably re-read it | favorite | BEST
The Kid Who Would Be King Trailer https://movies.boxofficebuz.com/video/the-kid-who-would-be-king-trailer-56597
an arthurian meme. five novels
GUINEVERE TRILOGY (persia woolley)
They call this the Land of Summer,” he whispered quietly, as if he
feared to wake me. “I guess that makes you my Queen of the Summer Stars.”
if anyone could recommend me some of their favourite arthurian books (either retellings or non-fiction works), i’d be be super grateful!! if there are some i should avoid, i’d be grateful to be told about that too tbh
My very favourite novels are:
- The Winter Prince (Elizabeth Wein) – historical, Mordred as main character
- Exiled from Camelot (Cherith Baldry) – Malory-ian fantasy, Kay as main character
- Idylls of the Queen (Phyllis Ann Karr) – Murder mystery, Kay and Mordred as main characters
- Corbenic (Catherine Fisher) – Modern au, reincarnated Percival searching for the Grail
- Guinevere trilogy by Persia Woolley – Guinevere as main character, magical/medieval
- I am Morgan le Fay (Nancy Springer) – pre-Arthur as king, Morgana as main character
- The Pendragon (Catherine Christian) – Bedivere as main character, historical
- Gawain (Persia Woolley) – Gawain and Ragnelle (mostly Ragnelle) as protagonists, fantasy
- The Squire’s Tales series (Gerald Morris) (especially the third book!) – series of books about different arthurian characters, mostly parody
- The Road to Avalon (Joan Wolf) – Arthur, Morgana, Guinevere and Lancelot as main characters
- Here Lies Arthur (Philip Reeve) – Nimue and Percival as main characters, historical, Arthur is not a good guy
- The Once and Future King (White) (I doubt this needs an introduction)
About non fiction:
- Cei and the Arthurian Legend (Gowans)
- Arthurian Name Dictionary (Bruce C.)
- Oxford Guide to Arthurian legend (Lupack) – In general, Lupack’s stuff is great!
and all the “Arthur of the” books, especially:
- Arthur of the Welsh (Bromwich)
- Arthur of the French
- Arthur of the North
Arthurian Legends 