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Knights and knighthood

The Book of Mordred

Vivian Vande Velde

Under King Arthur's reign, Kiera--daughter of Lady Alayna--is abducted by knights who leave their barn burning and their only servant dead, and Alayna travels to Camelot to entreat Mordred to help res

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Nineteenth-century mechanic Hank Morgan suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Court where he tries to introduce modern technology and political ideas to the inhabitants.

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The Once and Future King

T. H. White

The romance and chivalry of medieval England transported to the modern world.

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King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

Roger Lancelyn Green

The immortal tales from the Court of King Arthur are here retold with freshness and vitality.

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I Am Morgan Le Fay

Nancy Springer

In a war-torn England where her half-brother Arthur will eventually become king, the young Morgan le Fay comes to realize that she has magic powers and links to the faerie world.

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Sword of the Rightful King

Jane Yolen

Merlinnus the magician devises a way for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England--pulling a sword from a stone--but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first.

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The Sword in the Stone

T. H. White

Wart, as Arthur is called, becomes a wiser, more thoughtful person and a worthy king as a result of Merlin's lessons.

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I Am Mordred

Nancy Springer

When Mordred learns the identity of his father, he struggles with feelings of hatred, but also fights the fate which determines that he kill the good and gracious king.

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The Adventures of Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Tells the story of the adventures of Don Quixote, the visionary idealist and Sancho Panza, the practical realist.

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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends

Contains over twenty stories which present traditional and contemporary views of the adventures of the legendary King Arthur, his mentor Merlin, and his Knights of the Round Table.

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