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"Translated, adapted, told, and retold, the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have captivated imaginations across time. Now comes a lavishly illustrated, masterful retelling sure to enthrall a new generation of readers. From the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to the quest for the Holy Grail, stories both familiar and unfamiliar are woven into a vivid tapestry of Arthurian lore that spans from the king's conception...
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The magical saga of the women behind King Arthur's throne.
“A monumental reimagining of the Arthurian legends . . . reading it is a deeply moving and at times uncanny experience. . . . An impressive achievement.”—The New York Times Book Review
In Marion Zimmer Bradley's masterpiece, we see the tumult and adventures of Camelot's court through the eyes of the women who bolstered the king's rise and schemed for his...
“A monumental reimagining of the Arthurian legends . . . reading it is a deeply moving and at times uncanny experience. . . . An impressive achievement.”—The New York Times Book Review
In Marion Zimmer Bradley's masterpiece, we see the tumult and adventures of Camelot's court through the eyes of the women who bolstered the king's rise and schemed for his...
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"Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of some of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. The stories are so iconic that just a name, a word, conjures romance and betrayal, chivalry and magic. These are legends so embedded in our culture that they feel real; that as...
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*The classic tale that inspired the A24-movie The Green Knight starring Dev Patel!*
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight stands as one of the earliest literary memories of Medieval England, King Arthur and his Round Table, the mythical Camelot, and those knights who called it home.
In this classic tale of chivalry and adventure, a mysterious figure interrupts a New Year's Eve celebration. Dressed all in green, he challenges King Arthur to a dangerous...
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He had always felt that Twyll should have been the Captain of the Koteli.
Twyll was empathetic, resourceful, patient, good-humored, and the men listened to him. He was everything Maddau was not. AND he was a better swordsman, too!
But his fate, indeed the fate of all the Koteli, was set from the first day they received their charge, and confirmed when they answered the Call. Now, when the hour has arrived to pay the dues set forth in contracts...
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Every Myth Has A Hero Aaron Annwyn is a student in his final year at a Welsh Grammar School, when he accidentally trips through a portal to King Arthur's Britain. In order to continue his time shifting, he must solve complex problems and overcome adversity. He leads a double life, split between the medieval world of knights and battles and his present-day family and friends. He falls in love with the beautiful but doomed Dindraney, and becomes intricately...
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Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Complete Novels of Mark Twain - 12 Books in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)".
Contents:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Gilded Age
The Prince and the Pauper
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The American Claimant
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Tom Sawyer, Detective
A Horse's Tale
The Mysterious...
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Das neue Dschungelbuch Rudyard Kipling-"Das Dschungelbuch", englischer Originaltitel "The Jungle Book", ist eine Sammlung von Erzählungen und Gedichten des britischen Autors Rudyard Kipling. Der erste Band erschien 1894, der zweite 1895 unter dem Titel "The Second Jungle Book" ("Das zweite Dschungelbuch"); seither werden die Erzählungen der beiden Bände zumeist gemeinsam publiziert, oft als "The Jungle Books" ("Die Dschungelbücher").
Die bekanntesten...
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Cerca de Camelot y sus campos de cebada se halla una solitaria isla bordeada de lirios. Allí, aislada en una torre, vive la dama de Shalott. La joven sabe que sobre ella pesa una maldición y sucederá algo horrible si alguna vez se asoma al exterior. Así, pasa las horas tejiendo día y noche, contemplando el mundo a través de un espejo por cuyas mágicas visiones conoce a la corte del rey Arturo.
Pero un día, el caballero Lanzarote se acerca...
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Zwei furchtbare Niederlagen verbreiten in Rom 104 v. Chr. Angst und Schrecken. Die großen Germanenstämme, Teutonen, Ambronen, Haruder und Kimbern, scheinen nicht mehr aufzuhalten zu sein. Steht Rom vor seiner endgültigen Vernichtung? Der Senat bittet Gaius Marius, den berühmten Feldherrn und früheren Konsul, um Hilfe. Wird er Rom beistehen? Oder verfolgt er andere Ziele? Die unsterbliche Priesterin Abbala spürt: Die römische Republik wird untergehen....
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Chrétien's works include five major poems in rhyming eight-syllable couplets. Four of these are complete; 'Erec and Enide' (c. 1170); 'Cligès' (c. 1176), and 'Yvain, the Knight of the Lion' and 'Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart', both written simultaneously between 1177 and 1181. Chrétien's final romance was 'Perceval, the Story of the Grail', written between 1181 and 1190, but left unfinished, though some scholars have disputed this. This volume...
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En cada generación de la isla de Fennbirn nacen trillizas...
…y las tres son reinas, herederas en partes iguales de la corona, cada una poseedora de una magia codiciada. Mirabella es una elemental feroz, capaz de encender llamaradas voraces o tormentas brutales con un chasquido de dedos. Katharine es una envenenadora, alguien que puede ingerir los venenos más mortales sin nada más que un dolor de panza. De Arsinoe, una naturalista, se dice...
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Countless disasters, two missing covens, and one frantic Olis. Mythical creatures appear across Earth and Talahm, disoriented and dangerous: A Kelpie in London. A Kraken in the Sleeping Sea. A Dragon in the skies over Camelot.
Luke, suspecting that someone with magic is behind it all, welcomes his Vision of a witch with the power to stop Septim from ever rising again.
And Emma, struggling to reconnect with her brother after four years apart,...
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Centuries ago, Jasper Kain transformed into an immortal warrior when an ominous phantom known as the Shadow King seared mysterious circular runic designs into his palms, a curse with forbidden blood magic.
Demonic armies invade Japan and rampage through the streets of Tokyo, demolishing everything in sight. Vincent Angelo, an unhinged stranger appears, bearing the same cursed tattoos as Jasper, and answers to a dark prophecy foretelling the end of...
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