The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain
By: Gwyneth Lewis
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The great work of Welsh literature, translated in full for the first time in over 100 years by two …
Want to Read $ 14.99"I saw mighty men On their way to battle, I saw blood on the ground As the swords rush forward, The dawn's wings growing blue As the spears took flight."-Gwyneth Lewis, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain
"It is death's || sad sleep || that I grieve. For the court, || and Cunedda's || shroud. I long for || a sea inlet, || for the sea's flow, For the herd || and hearth || I'm longing."-Gwyneth Lewis, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain
"From sea's wide spring || out flows the tide: It advances, retreats, || it smashes, crushes. The lament for Cú Roí || has distressed me; The cold silencing, of a hard man || full of passion: I've seldom heard || of greater misfortune."-Gwyneth Lewis, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain
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1. The Book of Merlyn
By: T.H. White
3.90
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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"Merlyn, […] was a staunch conservative – which was rather progressive of him, when you reflect that he was living backwards"-T.H. White, The Book of Merlyn
"Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish."-T.H. White, The Book of Merlyn
"Why should not God have come to the earth as an earth-worm? There are a great many more worms than men, and they do a great deal more good."-T.H. White, The Book of Merlyn
"I can imagine nothing more terrifying than an Eternity filled with men who were all the same. The only thing which has made life bearable…has been the diversity of creatures on the surface of the glo…"-T.H. White, The Book of Merlyn
2. Y Gododdin
By: None , Aneirin; A. O. H. Jarman
4.21
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
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"He fed ravens on the fortress wall though he was no Arthur."-None, Y Gododdin
3. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
By: Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines
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Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Presents the story of King Arthur, his knights of the Round Table, the sword Excalibur, and his tra… read more
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"Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross."-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
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"...and then the threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and a hand above the water and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
4. The Song of Roland
By: Unknown , Dorothy L. Sayers
3.51
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spa… read more
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5. Beowulf
By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney
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Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more
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"Fate will unwind as it must!"-Unknown, Beowulf
"Fate goes ever as fate must."-Unknown, Beowulf
"Let whoever can win glory before death."-Unknown, Beowulf
"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."-Unknown, Beowulf
6. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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7. The Toilers of the Sea
By: Victor Hugo , Graham Robb , James Hogarth
3.14
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A new translation by Scot James Hogarth for the first unabridged English edition of the novel, whic… read more
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8. Hesiod and Theognis
By: Hesiod , Theognis
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Hesiod was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BCE. His writings serv… read more
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9. The Lais of Marie de France
By: Marie de France , Glyn S. Burgess , Keith Busby
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
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10. History of the Britons
By: John Allen Giles , Nennius
3.86
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
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11. The Prose Edda
By: Snorri Sturluson , Jesse L. Byock
3.56
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'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?' The Prose Eddais the most… read more
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12. The Castle of Llyr (The Chronicles of Prydain #3)
By: Lloyd Alexander
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13. The Mabinogion
By: Unknown , Jeffrey Gantz
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15. The Canterbury Tales
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19. The History of the Kings of Britain
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20. The Decameron
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22. Arthurian Romances
By: Chrétien de Troyes , William W. Kibler , Carleton W. Carroll
3.33
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Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal de… read more
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23. The Táin: From the Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
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4.15
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24. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
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25. Goodbye to Berlin
By: Christopher Isherwood
3.95
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Here, meine Damen und Herren, is Chrisopther Isherwood's brilliant farewell to a city which was not… read more
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26. The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies
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4.11
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27. The Black Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain #2)
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3.92
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28. The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
By: Lloyd Alexander
3.92
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29. The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
By: Marion Zimmer Bradley
4.13
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"Love is the only prayer I know."-Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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"And as men believe, so their world goes." - Merlin"-Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
30. The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain
By: Gwyneth Lewis
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The great work of Welsh literature, translated in full for the first time in over 100 years by two … read more
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"I saw mighty men On their way to battle, I saw blood on the ground As the swords rush forward, The dawn's wings growing blue As the spears took flight."-Gwyneth Lewis, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain
"It is death's || sad sleep || that I grieve. For the court, || and Cunedda's || shroud. I long for || a sea inlet, || for the sea's flow, For the herd || and hearth || I'm longing."-Gwyneth Lewis, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain
"From sea's wide spring || out flows the tide: It advances, retreats, || it smashes, crushes. The lament for Cú Roí || has distressed me; The cold silencing, of a hard man || full of passion: I've sel…"-Gwyneth Lewis, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain
31. King Arthur: The Making of the Legend
By: Nicholas J. Higham
3.71
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
According to legend, King Arthur saved Britain from the Saxons and reigned over it gloriously somet… read more
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