Arthurian Legends: 14 Timeless Romance Books
Camelot, the Grail Quest, and Tales of Chivalry, Love, and the Round TableBy Mary Esther Miller MacGregor, Beatrice E. Clay, Howard Pyle, Thomas Sir Malory, Charles Morris, Wace, De Troyes active 12th century Chrétien, Wilfred Campbell, Jessie L. Weston, Charles Henry Hanson
Length122h 10m
About this audiobook
Arthurian Legends: 14 Timeless Romance Books gathers a capacious sequence of tales around the enduring matter of Britain: Arthur's rise, the Round Table, quests, enchantments, courtly love, betrayal, and tragic decline. Moving between medieval romance, chronicle-inflected narrative, Victorian and early twentieth-century retelling, and antiquarian commentary, the volume demonstrates how Camelot has been repeatedly reshaped for new readers. Episodes associated with the Grail, Lancelot and Guinevere, Merlin, and the chivalric trials of Arthur's knights give the collection both narrative momentum and unusual historical breadth. Its contributors span formative medieval transmitters of Arthurian material—among them Wace, Chrétien de Troyes, and Sir Thomas Malory—and later writers, editors, illustrators, and scholars who revived or adapted these traditions. Their collective presence situates the anthology within the long afterlife of romance, from French courtly culture and English prose compilation to nineteenth-century medievalism and modern popular education. The resulting juxtaposition reveals Arthurian legend not as a fixed canon, but as a living archive shaped by translation, adaptation, nationalism, antiquarian scholarship, and changing ideals of heroism. Ideal for students and general readers alike, this volume offers a rare opportunity to compare versions, genres, and interpretive emphases within a single book. It rewards close reading with insight into the literary evolution of Camelot and invites readers into a rich dialogue among centuries of Arthurian imagination.
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GenreFantasy
Length122 hrs 10 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
26The Third Book.
2Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
27The Fourth Book.
3INTRODUCTION
28The Fifth Book.
4II.—LAYAMON
29The Seventh Book. (pt. 1)
5EXCURSUS I.—ARTHUR'S MAGIC POSSESSIONS
30The Seventh Book. (pt. 2)
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6EXCURSUS II.—THE ROUND TABLE
31The Eighth Book. (pt. 1)
7EXCURSUS III.—THE HOPE OF BRITAIN
32The Eighth Book. (pt. 2)
8Footnote
33The Ninth Book. (pt. 1)
9WACE'S ROMAN DE BRUT (pt. 1)
34The Ninth Book. (pt. 2)
10WACE'S ROMAN DE BRUT (pt. 2)
35The Tenth Book. (pt. 1)
11WACE'S ROMAN DE BRUT (pt. 3)
36The Tenth Book. (pt. 2)
12Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys
37The Tenth Book. (pt. 3)
13Introduction
38The Eleventh Book.
14Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys
39The Thirteenth Book.
15Castle Orguellous
40The Fourteenth Book.
16Cliges
41The Sixteenth Book.
17CLIGES (pt. 1)
42The Eighteenth Book. (pt. 1)
18CLIGES (pt. 2)
43The Eighteenth Book. (pt. 2)
19Le Morte Darthur. Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and his Noble Knights of the Round Table
44The Nineteenth Book.
20Le Morte Darthur. Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and his Noble. Knights of the Round Table
45The Twentieth Book.
21INTRODUCTION. (pt. 1)
46The Twenty-first Book.
22INTRODUCTION. (pt. 2)
47NOTE A.
23PREFACE OF WILLIAM CAXTON.
48Stories of King Arthur's Knights, Told to the Children by Mary MacGregor
24The First Book of King Arthur.
49Stories of King Arthur's Knights, Told to the Children by Mary MacGregor
25Book the Second.
50ABOUT THIS BOOK
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