King arthur and his knights of the round table everymans library childrens. The ilenian enigma and the secret of the golden gods complete series, 7 books. Mar 06, 2020 in the ensuing centuries, however, arthurs circle continued to expand, eventually adding in the stories of the knights of the roundtable as well as the romance between lancelot and guinevere. Nov 29, 2019 princess guinevere has come to camelot to wed a stranger. Guinevere, often written as guenevere or guenever, is the wife and queen of king arthur in the arthurian legend. Her marriage to king arthur is only the cover story for her real mission. I want to experiance the full story of king arthur, but i ve only been able to find books that basically amount to reading a wiki artical. After claiming the king had died at lancelots hands he made himself king and tried to marry queen guinevere his fathers wife. Through the series you find that she and her friends were cleopatra and antony, king arthur and guinevere and i believe they even tied back to greek mythology. Princess guinevere heads off to camelot to marry king arthur in order to help protect the very land she is about to lead. The guinevere deception by kiersten white popthebutterfly reads.
With magic clawing at the kingdoms borders, the great wizard merlin conjured a solutionsend in guinevere to be arthurs wife. The legends of king arthur 5 book series kindle edition. Dec 24, 2019 her marriage to king arthur is only the cover story for her real mission to stop a magical attack against king and kingdom. As a wedding gift, leodegran gave arthur a round table that would play a central role in his court. She is an imposter, sent by a banished merlin to protect arthur from magical threats. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In le morte darthur book 21 mordred, both son and nephew of king arthur, was ruler of all england, having been left in charge whilst arthur had gone to france to wage war with the now treacherous sir lancelot. Guinevere, wife of arthur, legendary king of britain, best known in arthurian romance through the love that his knight sir lancelot bore for her. She was played by vanessa redgrave in the film version of the musical. When king leodegrance was told of king arthurs royal birth, he agreed to allow his daughter to marry king arthur. Kiersten whites retelling of the king arthur story puts his queen guinevere at the center only shes not really guinevere. Guinevere was the daughter of king leodegran of scotland.
I dont think guinevere s involved, but peter teleps squire trilogy is good. And the time has finally come for king arthur to make lady guinevere his queen. Ya books with arthurian legend 104 books goodreads. Youve likely heard of many of them, even if youre not familiar with all the stories. List of works based on arthurian legends wikipedia. This story makes up perhaps the most famous love triangle ever known. Guinevere comes to camelot to marry arthur but she is not the real guinevere, she is merlins daughter, sent to protect king arthur from an unknown threat. The guinevere deception kiersten white 9780525581673.
I am mordred and i am morgan le fay are two young adult. Jan 02, 2020 princess guinevere has come to camelot to wed a stranger. Pyle was a celebrated visual artist and childrens book author, and is. The guinevere deception by kiersten white the nerd. Lancelot loved guinevere with all his heart as well, but also loved, respected, and looked up to king arthur as his best friend. Queen guinevere arthurian legend the legend of king arthur. An extremely engaging book, full of adventure, passion, intrigue and emotion.
She has first appeared in geoffrey of monmouths historia regum britanniae, a pseudohistorical chronicle of british history written in the early 12th century, and continues to be a popular character in the modern adaptations of the legend. The matter of britain stories, focusing on king arthur, are one of the most popular literary. It tells the story of guinevere in her last year of childhood, when she meets arthur for the first time. Then, arthur knew lancelot and guinevere loved each other, but he loved guinevere as his wife and loved guinevere as his best friend. The guinevere deception camelot rising trilogy book 1 english. Guinevere was the queen of king arthur in the court of camelot, and she plays a central part in the tales and folklore of the castle and the knights of the round table. Queen guinevere, the love of arthur and sir lancelot. Ari and her cursed wizard merlin must travel back in time to the unenlightened middle ages and steal the king arthurs grail the very. This was a ya romance series about a teenage girl who is basically destined to live the same fate over and over again. For instance, you probably know king arthur himself, the wizard merlin, queen guinevere, and the knight lancelot. Robert king s books mad merlin, lancelot du lethe, le morte davalon. Dec 18, 2019 im not going to spoil who in the book isnt what they seem, but its a great reveal. The death of sir launcelot and queen guinevere summary when launcelot hears of the death of arthur and gawain, he comes to england in haste. While scholars have been in general agreement on this point since the 1960s, goodrich ancient myths makes an intriguing if highly conjectural case that arthur was a king in prehistoric britain.
Mary stewarts merlin trilogy the crystal cave, the hollow hills, the last enchantment and the wicked day. Behind the romantic legends of a chivalrous king arthur and the courtly amours of his circle lies a real historical figure. Malory states that guineveres father gave king arthur a roundtable and one. Hundreds of books and millions of words have been written about these people and their trials and tribulations, and thats just the fiction. I have always been a fan of the legend of king arthur, so this book was really. In early welsh literature, one gwenhwyvar was the first lady of this island. This book takes authorian lore and provides a new twist. Apr 20, 2020 the stories of king arthur feature many characters whose names sometimes vary from text to text. King arthur and his knights of the round table was published a few years after world war ii, around the same time as tolkien he is, nonetheless, one of the major popularisers of ancient myths and legends in english culture neil gaiman recently acknowledged in his introduction to norse mythology that lancelyn greens books profoundly.
The guinevere deception camelot rising trilogy book 1 english edition ebook. I just finished putting together a lengthy arthurian reading list including sections fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, scifi, romance, mystery, graphic, short story collections, ya with additional sections of series versus singles. Akhurst, with editing by rosemary paprock 1868 the new king arthur. With magic clawing at the kingdoms borders, the great wizard merlin conjured a solutionsend in guinevere to be arthur s wife. Princess guinevere has come to camelot to wed a stranger the charismatic king arthur. Mad merlin, lancelot du lethe, a retelling of the arthurian. Arthur admired the king s lovely daughter and married her in spite of a warning from his adviser merlin that guinevere would be unfaithful to him. Could anyone recommend a book which shows the full story, with actual characters conversing, which shows the full tale, from start to finish if possible. I believe this was the first novel where a child of arthur, and a girl at that, plays a significant role in the storyline.
It was refreshing to read a ya without a love triangle as the central focus of. This crop of ya fantasy novels imbues familiar settings with rich. Nov 21, 2011 white is also the first novelist to suggest homosexual attraction as having a role in the legend, particularly in the arthurguineverelancelot triangle. An opera without music by edgar fawcett 1885 the marriage of guinevere. First published in 1485, le morte d arthur by sir thomas malory is a compilation and interpretation of the legends of arthur, guinevere, sir lancelot and the knights of the round table. Princess guinevere has arrived in camelot to marry the illusive king arthur. Jan 26, 2008 howard pyles book is good, but i forget the title right now. In the first book of a new series from kiersten white and i darken, guinevere arrives at camelot to wed king arthur, just as she does in the arthurian stories of old. It traces the early life of gunievere, who would be arthur s bride, from her birth to the king and young queen of the kingdom of northgallis, where a witch predicts the night of her birth that she would live to be the greatest lady in britain, but also that she would betray. The myth of king arthur has been told countless ways since the sixth century, always combining action.
These camelot books and king arthur books capture the timeless splendor. Nov 07, 2019 princess guinevere has come to camelot to wed a stranger. Guinevere fears her power is insufficient for the task but. Apr 05, 2020 princess guinevere has come to camelot to wed a stranger. Dec 04, 2019 the books synopsis features the words forbidden romance, deadly josts, and duplicitous knights. The best ya fantasy to read now the washington post. Nov, 2019 princess guinevere has come to camelot to wed a stranger.
In this case, arthur was betrayed when he refused to pass the book on to his. Nov 27, 2019 princess guinevere has come to camelot to wed a stranger. The epic adventures of king arthur, queen guinevere and sir lancelot continue as the greatest sword in history arrives in their midst. Arthur related teen and juvenile fiction king arthur libguides. King arthur, queen guinevere, merlin the wizard, mordred, morgan le fay, lancelot, tristan, galahad, gawain and the knights of the round table have legendary status in literature. Nov 09, 2019 kiersten whites retelling of the king arthur story puts his queen guinevere at the center only shes not really guinevere. Guinevere is portrayed by julia ormond in 1995 film first knight, with richard gere as lancelot and sean connery as king arthur. She was said to have fallen in love with sir lancelot, king arthur s most trusted knight.
It is among the mostcited works of arthurian literature, serving as source material for works such as the once and future king and alfred lord tennysons the idylls of the king. The guinevere deception by kiersten white mogsys rating. Or, launcelot the loose, ginever the square, and the knights of the round table, and other furniture. King arthur and his knights of the round table by roger. Guinevere has been portrayed as everything from a villainous and opportunistic traitor to a fatally flawed but noble and virtuous lady. Guinevere is a central character in the broadway musical camelot, in which she was initially portrayed by julie andrews, then sally ann howes. Guinevere s real name and her true identityis a secret. Again, not going to spoil things for you, but theres some good representation of nonstraight folk in the guinevere deception that will have you thinking about the king arthur myth and possibly others. The guinevere deception is a reimagination of the arthurian legend.
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