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1	The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An Englishman's World more books like this by Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger add to wishlist In light of late-20th-century interest in the end of the second millennium, the authors of this title present a portrait of what life was like at the end of the first millennium. Included are descriptions of daily life, clothing trends, medical practices, and more, all related to life in 10th-century medieval Europe, and organized around ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Winter king more books like this by Bernard Cornwell add to wishlist Arthur is set in his true period, the Dark Ages, in this novel. It is not a story of romance, but one of political and religious strife, and war. It describes Arthur's love for Guinevere, Lancelot's arrival, the conflict between Christianity and magic, and the Saxon invasions on Britain. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium more books like this by Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger add to wishlist When the shadow of the first millennium descended upon the Christian world in A.D. 1000, many people believed -- and some even hoped -- that the end of the world was at hand. Not only was it the first time civilization grappled with the idea of one thousand years coming to an end, but another thousand was unfathomable. How did people make sense of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Discovery of King Arthur more books like this by Geoffrey Ashe add to wishlist Attempts to find the person (if any) behind the legend of King Arthur have been going on for a long time. The search has revealed many interesting facts and it has also led to sharp disagreements. By the 1980s, the search was more or less abandoned, having reached a dead-end. The Discovery of King Arthur presents an investigation that broke the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	In Search of the Dark Ages more books like this by Michael Wood add to wishlist This new edition of Michael Wood's groundbreaking first book explores the fascinating and mysterious centuries between the Romans and the Norman Conquest of 1066. In Search of the Dark Ages vividly conjures up some of the most famous names in British history, such as Queen Boadicea, leader of a terrible war of resistance against the Romans, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.77! \| first editions
6	The Saxon Shore: The Camulod Chronicles more books like this by Jack Whyte add to wishlist When Arthur is adopted by his cousin, Caius Merlyn Britannicus, an enormous responsibility is placed upon Merlyn. Now he must prepare the young Arthur to unify the clans of Britain and guard the mighty sword Excalibur. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.20! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Shadow of the King more books like this by Helen Hollick add to wishlist Arthur Pendragon is dead, or so it is thought on the battlefields of France. His widow, Gwenhwyfar, left at Caer Cadan with their small daughter, faces overthrow by the powerful council headed by Arthur's uncle. But events in Europe mean that a mightier battle on Arthur's territory is ahead. see all copies from $11.99! new only from $19.39! \| first editions
8	Making of England to 1399 more books like this by C Warren Hollister, Robert C Stacey, Robin Chapman Stacey add to wishlist This text, which is the first volume in the best-selling History of England series, tells how a small and insignificant outpost of the Roman empire evolved into a nation that has produced and disseminated so many significant ideas and institutions. see all copies from $26.89! new only from $47.44! \| SVS
9	Firelord more books like this by Parke Godwin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Enemy of God more books like this by Bernard Cornwell add to wishlist The second installment of Cornwell's re-telling of the Legend of King Arthur. see all copies from $3.50! new only from $25.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Shadow Companion more books like this by Laura Anne Gilman add to wishlist The Quest for the Holy Grail has finally begun, but now three very unusual teenagers are riding along with King Arthur's knights: young squire Gerard, a stable boy named Newt, and Queen Guinevere's maidservant, the strangely magical Ailis. Packed with suspenseful action, fantastic creatures, and legendary characters, the Grail Quest trilogy is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume 1: Medieval English Literature more books like this by J B Trapp (Editor), Douglas Gray, Julia Boffey (Editor) add to wishlist This succinct and authoritative anthology of medieval English literature is the first volume of The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, Second Edition. Emphasizing texts that give students first-hand access to significant aspects of the Middle Ages, this collection reveals the vast riches of medieval literature in English, from Anglo-Saxon ... see all copies from $13.75! new only from $48.45! \| SVS
13 view cover	The World of King Arthur more books like this by Christopher Snyder add to wishlist A survey of, and companion to, all things connected with the Arthurian legend. The author has examined archaeological evidence and medieval texts, and provides quotes from contemporary sources, a timeline, numerous sidebars and special features on key figures and events. see all copies from $2.17! new only from $21.49! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Mammoth Book of King Arthur: Reality and Legend, the Beginning and the End--The Most Complete Arthurian Sourcebook Ever more books like this by Michael Ashley, Mike Ashley (Editor), Editor * (Editor) add to wishlist In this truly mammoth guide, Mike Ashley analyzes and explicates the line between the real Arthurian world and the legends that surround it. Ashley gives us a firm identity not only for King Arthur, but also for Merlin, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Tableas well as identifying all the major Arthurian sites. He traces the ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $7.90!
15 view cover	The Reign of Arthur: From History to Legend more books like this by Christopher Gidlow add to wishlist Did King Arthur really exist? The Reign of Arthur takes a fresh look at the early sources describing Arthur's career and compares them to the reality of Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries. It presents, for the first time, both the most up to date scholarship and a convincing case for the existence of a real sixth-century British general ... see all copies from $4.72! new only from $6.98! \| first editions
16 view cover	King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend more books like this by Rodney Castleden add to wishlist King Arthur is often written off as a medieval fantasy, the dream of those yearning for an age of strong, just rulers and a contented kingdom. Those who accept his existence at all generally discard the stories that surround him. This exciting new investigation argues not only that Arthur did exist, as a Dark Age chieftain, but that many of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.22! \| first editions
17 view cover	King Arthur more books like this by Norma Lorre Goodrich add to wishlist Author Norma Goodrich has combed the fields of literature, history, anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, and linguistics to present the first historical proof that Arthur was once the King. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	A Kiss at Midnight more books like this by Shana Abe add to wishlist Two brothers--one kind and the other cold-hearted--are at odds over their inherited land. Because of the bad brother's treachery, all land is destined to revert to his descendants on the first day of the new millennium. Now, as time approaches, the beautiful Serath Rune and Rafael of Leonheart find themselves enemies in an ancient feud, despite ... see all copies from $7.45!
19 view cover	The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650 more books like this by John Morris add to wishlist A lifetime's scholarship enabled John Morris to recreate a past hitherto hidden in myth and mystery. He describes the Arthurian Age as 'the starting point of future British history', for it saw the transition from Roman Britain to Great Britain, the establishment of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from the collapse of the Pax Romana. In ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.83! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature more books like this by Malcolm Godden add to wishlist This book introduces students to the literature of Anglo-Saxon England, the period from 600-1066, in a collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays. The Companion is aimed at students encountering Old English literature for the first time, who require clear guidance and orientation in an unfamiliar field. The first chapters describe briefly ... see all copies from $9.56! new only from $30.36!
21 view cover	The Circle of Stone more books like this by A J Lake add to wishlist In this powerful conclusion of the Darkest Age trilogy, the ancient god Loki has been set free. As they search for him, Edmund and Elspeth have one last chance to end the darkest age. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $4.74! \| SVS
22 view cover	Arthur and the lost kingdoms more books like this by Alistair Moffat add to wishlist Shattering all existing assumptions about Britain's most famous hero, this book rewrites the legend of King Arthur, radically relocating Camelot and the sites of his brilliant victories. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.48! \| first editions
23 view cover	King Arthur: Myth-Making and History more books like this by Nicholas Higham add to wishlist The legend of King Arthur is one of the most persistent and powerful myths in western culture. Yet scholars today cannot agree on his dates, his location, his role, or even whether he really existed. King Arthur: Myth-making and History explores how and why historians and writers from the Middle Ages to the present day have constructed different ... see all copies from $29.30! new only from $29.30! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Britain Ad: A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons more books like this by Francis Pryor add to wishlist In this book, which accompanies and expands on his Channel 4 television series, leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it back to its Bronze Age origins The legend of King Arthur and Camelot is one of the most enduring in Britain's history, spanning centuries and surviving ... see all copies from $7.94! new only from $10.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	King of the Celts: Arthurian Legends and Celtic Tradition more books like this by Jean Markale add to wishlist A Celtic historian re-creates the life and times of the real King Arthur and explains how even today Arthurian ideals of knightly virtue remain at the heart of Western thought. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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