History of the Britons
By: John Allen Giles , Nennius
3.86
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
The Historia Brittonum, or the History of the Britons, is a historical work that was first written …
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1. Y Gododdin
By: None , Aneirin; A. O. H. Jarman
4.21
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
English, Welsh (translation) read more
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"He fed ravens on the fortress wall though he was no Arthur."-None, Y Gododdin
2. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
By: Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines
3.92
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
"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 the Holy Cr…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"...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
3. Roman de Brut
By: Layamon , Wace , Eugene Mason
3.77
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
The Arthurian Chronicles Roman De Brut is a book that tells the story of King Arthur and his knight… read more
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"Muscle is good, but craft is better"-Layamon, Roman de Brut
4. Lysistrata
By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden
3.87
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more
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- classics
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
5. Troilus and Cressida
By: William Shakespeare , Louis B. Wright , Virginia A. LaMar
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Arden Shakespeare is the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's plays. Now in its third… read more
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- classics
6. Fear and Trembling
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain
By: Rachel Bromwich
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Bromwich's magisterial edition of Trioedd Ynys Prydeinhas long won its place as a classic of… read more
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8. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
2.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Unfinished Talesis a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth t… read more
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- classics
9. The Lais of Marie de France
By: Marie de France , Glyn S. Burgess , Keith Busby
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is a prose translation of the lais or poems attributed to Marie de France. Little is known of … read more
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- medieval
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10. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more
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11. History of the Britons
By: John Allen Giles , Nennius
3.86
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
The Historia Brittonum, or the History of the Britons, is a historical work that was first written … read more
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- history
- british literature
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- medieval
- mythology
12. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy
By: Peter H. Wilson
3.93
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. The Mabinogion
By: Unknown , Jeffrey Gantz
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
On the bank of the river he saw a tall tree: from roots to crown one half was aflame and the other … read more
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14. Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
By: Norah Vincent
2.50
Format: 52 pages,
Having gone where no woman (who wasn't an aspiring or actual transsexual) has gone for any signific… read more
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15. Arthurian Period Sources: Gildas: The Ruin Of Britain And Other Documents
By: Gildas , None
3.33
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
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16. On the Ruin of Britain (Parts I and II)
By: Gildas
4.00
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
Saint Gildas (c. 494 or 516-c. 570) was a prominent member of the Celtic Christian church in Britai… read more
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17. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
By: Unknown , None , Burton Raffel
4.50
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Written by an anonymous 14th-century poet, this epic poem is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's ma… read more
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18. Merlin and the Grail: The Trilogy of Arthurian Prose Romances
By: Nigel Bryant , Robert de Boron
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
It is hard to overstate the importance of this trilogy of prose romances in the development of the … read more
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19. The Fall of Arthur
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
The Fall of Arthurrecounts in verse the last campaign of King Arthur, who, even as he stands at the… read more
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20. The History of the Kings of Britain
By: Lewis Thorpe , Geoffrey of Monmouth
4.19
Format: 208 pages,
Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britaintraces the story of the realm from its suppos… read more
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21. The Life of Merlin
By: Geoffrey of Monmouth , None
3.69
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Geoffrey of Monmouth's Life of Merlin. read more
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22. An Enemy of the People
By: Henrik Ibsen
3.84
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
An Enemy of the people (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende) is an 1882 play by Norwegian play… read more
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23. Arthurian Romances
By: Chrétien de Troyes , William W. Kibler , Carleton W. Carroll
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal de… read more
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24. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle
By: Various
3.86
Format: 250 pages,
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the A… read more
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25. Ecclesiastical History of the English People
By: Bede , Ronald E. Latham , None , Leo Sherley-Price
3.95
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and hist… read more
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26. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more
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27. King John
By: William Shakespeare , Paul Werstine
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ru… read more
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28. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
By: Albert Einstein , Robert W. Lawson , Nigel Calder
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself According t… read more
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29. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
By: Marc Morris
4.34
Format: 508 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more
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30. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
By: Dan Jones
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Cr… read more
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31. 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
