Bibliography of King Arthur

This is a list of books about King Arthur, or his related world, family, friends or enemies.

9th century

• Historia Britonum attributed to Nennius

10th century

• Annales Cambriae Anonymous
• Preiddeu Annwfn attributed to Taliesin

11th century

Welsh

• The Legend of St. Goeznovius circa 1019 (Mentions Arthur and Vortigern)

12th century

Latin

• Vita Sancti Cadoc by Lifris circa 1061-1104 (Mentions Arthur and Cai)
• Vita Sancti Carannog circa 1100 (Mentions Arthur)
• Vita Sancti Euflami circa 1100 (Mentions Arthur)
• Vita Sancti Paternus circa 1120s (Mentions Arthur and Caradoc)
• Gesta Regnum Anglorum by William of Malmesbury 1125 (Mentions Arthur)
• Historia Anglorum by Henry of Huntingdon 1129 (Mentions Arthur)
• Vita Santi Gildae by Caradoc of Llancarfan. A life of Saint Gildas the Wise, with an early version of Malegant-Guenivere abduction narrative. circa 1120-1130
• Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth
  • Historia Regum Britanniae circa 1136-8
  • Vita Merlini circa 1140
• Life of Saint Kentigern circa 1185 (Contains a version of the Merlin legend, here called Lailoken)
• Vita Sancti Illtud circa 1190s (Mentions Arthur and King Mark)

French and Anglo-Norman

• Roman de Brut by Wace circa 1155 (an Anglo-Norman verse reworking of Historia Regum Brittania)
• Tristan by Thomas of Britain circa 1170s
• Tristan by Béroul circa 1170s
• The Lais of Marie de France circa 1170s
  • Lanval
  • Chevrefoil circa 1170s, an episode of the Tristan and Iseult story

• The poems of Chrétien de Troyes
  • Erec and Enide circa 1170s
  • Cligés circa 1170s
  • Yvain, the Knight of the Lion circa 1180s
  • Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart circa 1180s
  • Perceval, le Conte du Graal circa 1190
  • Tristan mentioned but non-extant

• The poems of Robert de Boron
  • Joseph d'Arimathie
  • Merlin
  • Perceval

(Robert de Borons verse Josepheh of Arimathie and 300 lines of Merlin are extant. A prose version of Joseph d'Arimathie, Merlin, Perzival trilogy, supposedly by Robert exists in two MSS.)

German

• Tristan by Eilhart von Oberge circa 1170s
• Lanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven late 12th century (a rendering of a lost French tale of Lancelot that likely predates Chrétien de Troyes's famous Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart. Ulrich von Zatzikhoven obtained a copy of the original book in 1194 and translated the work from French into German.)
• Erec and Iwein by Hartmann von Aue late 12th century (German reworking of Chrétien de Troyes's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion and Erec and Enide

Welsh

• Culhwch and Olwen, anonymous, c. 1100

13th century

French, Anglo-Norman or Provencal

• Roman de Fergus by Guillaume le Clerc 1190s/1200s
• Jaufré Anonymous
• Lancelot-Grail Anonymous (begun 1210s, finished 1230s)
  • Estoire del Saint Grail
  • Estoire de Merlin
  • Lancelot propre
  • Queste del Saint Graal
  • Mort Artu
• Perlesvaus Anonymous, circa 1210s
• Prose Tristan by "Luce de Gat" (1230s) and "Helie de Boron" (circa 1240)
• Roman de Silence by Heldrius de Cornwall circa 1260s
• Post-Vulgate Cycle Anonymous (begun 1230s, finished 1240s)
• Roman de Roi Artus by Rustichello da Pisa; Franco-Italian, circa 1290s -1300

German

• Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg circa 1210s
• Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach circa 1210s
• Daniel von Blumenthal by Der Stricker circa 1220
• Diu Crône Anonymous
• Garel by Der Pleier, circa 1230s

Norse

• Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar by Brother Robert 1226 (Norse reworking Tristan by Thomas of Britain)
• Ivens Saga by Brother Robert 1226 (Norse reworking of Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain, the Knight of the Lion)
• Erex Saga, perhaps originally by Robert. (Text probably changed in MS. transmission. A Norse reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide)

English

• Brut by Layamon (English reworking of Geoffrey of Monmouth)
• Sir Tristrem circa 1300 (English reworking of Tristan by Thomas of Britain)
• Arthur and Merlin circa 1300

Dutch

• The Lancelot-Compilatie, an adaptation of the Lancelot-Grail, but including several other romances as well:
  • Morien, Anonymous
  • Torec, by Jacob van Maerlant

Hebrew

• Melech Artu A Hebrew reworking of the Historia Regum Brittanie

Welsh

• Brut y Brenhinedd, Welsh chronicle adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae
• The Dream of Rhonabwy, anonymous
• The Black Book of Carmarthen, anonymous Mentions Arthur

14th century

English

• Alliterative Morte Arthure Anonymous
• Stanzic Morte Arthure Anonymous
• The Avowyng of Arthur
• The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle Anonymous
• The Awntyrs off Arthure Anonymous
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by The Pearl Poet
• Sir Launfal by Thomas Chestre
• Sir Libeaus Desconus
• Ywain and Gawain
• Sir Perceval of Galles
• Lancelot of the Laik

Welsh

(All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial)

• Mabinogion Anonymous
• Culhwch and Olwen (recorded)
• The Dream of Rhonabwy
• The Welsh Romances
  • Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain
  • Geraint and Enid
  • Peredur, son of Efrawg

Italian

• Tavola Rotonda Anonymous

French

• Perceforest Anonymous

Greek

• Presbys Hippotes (Greek reworking of part of Rustichello da Pisa's Compilations

15th century

English

• Arthur
• Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
• Prose Merlin
• "King Arthur and King Cornwall"
• Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle

Italian

• Orlando Innamorato by M. Boiardo

16th century

English

• Arthur of Little Britain
• The Greene Knight circa 1500
• The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain 1508
• The Jeaste of Sir Gawain
• The Misfortunes of Arthur by Thomas Hughes 1587
• The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser 1590

Welsh

• Tristan Romance, preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS.

Byelo-Russian

• Povest Trychane 1560s

17th century

English

• The Birth of Merlin, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father by William Rowley (?1620; first published 1662)

• Works of Richard Blackmore
  • Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Ten Books (1695)
  • King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books (1697)

Yiddish

• Widwilt (Yiddish reworking of Le Bel Inconnu)

18th century

• Warton, Thomas (1728-1790)
  • "The Grave of King Arthur" (1777)
  • "On King Arthur's Round-table at Winchester" (1777)
• Vortigern and Rowena by W. H. Ireland (1799) (A Shakespearian forgery)

19th century

• The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Tristram of Lyonesse by Algernon Charles Swinburne
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

20th century

• King Arthur and his Knights by Maude Radford
• Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel by Thomas Berger
• Howard Pyle - In a four volume set including:
  • "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" (1903)
  • "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table" (1905)
  • "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions" (1907)
  • "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur" (1910)
• Kairo-kō (1905) by Natsume Sōseki
• War in Heaven (1930) by Charles W. S. Williams, a "modern-day" (20th century) quest for the Holy Grail
• Taliessin through Logres (1938) and The Region of the Summer Stars (1944) by Charles W. S. Williams (poem cycles)
• The Once and Future King by T. H. White including
  • The Sword and the Stone (1938)
  • The Queen of Air and Darkness (or The Witch in the Wood) (1939)
  • The Ill-Made Knight (1940)
  • The Candle in the Wind (1958)
  • The Book of Merlyn (1958)
• That Hideous Strength (1945) by C. S. Lewis
• The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck
• The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf
• The Child Queen, The High Queen, (collected in Queen of Camelot), Prince of Dreams, and The Grail Prince by Nancy McKenzie
• Hallowed Isle by Diana L. Paxson
• Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Also The Sword and the Circle'
• Mordred's Curse and Merlin's Gift by Ian McDowell
• I am Mordred and I am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer
• Porius (1951) by John Cowper Powys
• The Great Captains (1956) by Henry Treece
• The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles
  • Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country
  • The Knight of the Sacred Lake
  • Child of the Holy Grail
• Knight Life, One Knight Only and Fall of Knight by Peter David
• The Merlin series by Mary Stewart
  • The Crystal Cave
  • The Hollow Hills
  • The Last Enchantment
  • The Wicked Day
  • The Prince and the Pilgrim
• The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio
  • The Dragon and the Unicorn
  • The Eagle and the Sword
  • The Wolf and the Crown
  • The Serpent and the Grail
• The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell
  • The Winter King
  • Enemy of God
  • Excalibur
• By Jane Yolen:
  • Sword of the Rightful King
  • The Young Merlin Trilogy
• By Gerald Morris:
  • The Squire's Tale
  • The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady
  • The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
  • Parsifal's Page
  • The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
  • The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight
  • The Lioness and her Knight
  • The Quest of the Fair Unknown
  • The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
  • The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short
• By Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy
  • The Forever King
  • The Broken Sword
  • The Third Magic
• The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead
  • Taliesen
  • Merlin
  • Arthur
  • Pendragon
  • Grail
  • Avalon
• By Anonymous
  • King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Illustrated Junior Library, Deluxe edition, September 1, 1950)
• By Roger Lancelyn Green and Lotte Reiniger (Illustrator)
  • King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Puffin Classics, Reissue edition March 1, 1995)
• By Parke Godwin
  • Firelord (1980)
  • Beloved Exile (1984)
  • The Last Rainbow (1985)
• The Tales of Arthur, books of The Keltiad, by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
  • The Hawk's Grey Feather (1991)
  • The Oak Above the Kings (1994)
  • The Hedge of Mist (1996)
• A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles) by Jack Whyte
  • The Sky Stone (1992)
  • The Singing Sword (1993)
  • The Eagles' Brood (1994)
  • The Saxon Shore (1998)
  • The Sorcerer Part 1: The Fort at River's Bend (1997)
  • The Sorcerer Part 2: The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis (1999)
  • Uther (2001)
  • Clothar the Frank (titled The Lance Thrower outside of Canada) (2004)
  • The Eagle (2006)
• The Lost Years of Merlin Epic, by T.A. Barron
  • The Lost Years of Merlin (1996)
  • The Seven Songs of Merlin (1997)
  • The Fires of Merlin (1998)
  • The Mirror of Merlin (1999)
  • The Wings of Merlin (2000)
• Albion, a trilogy of historical novels by British author Patrick McCormack (1997, 2000, 2007)
• The King Awakes and The Empty Throne by Janice Elliott, set in a Medieval-style society several generations after a nuclear war. Both novels deal with the return of King Arthur and his friendship with a youth from the post-holocaust world
• Merlin's Bones by Fred Saberhagen
• Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr
• Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem; the coming of Arthur is foreseen by the chief of Segontium in the last page of the book
• The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein
• The Pendragon (1978) by Catherine Christian
• The Dragon Lord by David Drake
• Merlin's Mirror (1975) by Andre Norton
• The Return of Merlin (1995) by Deepak Chopra
• Arthur, King by Dennis Lee Anderson (Arthur visits the 20th century and fights in the Battle of Britain)
• Camelot 3000, a comic book series that reincarnates Arthur and his knights in the far future
• The Fionavar Tapestry, a fantasy trilogy by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay
• The Merlin Mystery, A puzzlehunt book which focused heavily on Merlin and Nimue having a love after Arthur has been entomed; it offered a cash prize as well as a gold, silver, bronze and crystal wand. However, the puzzle went unsolved and the prize unclaimed.
• The Down the Long Wind series by Gillian Bradshaw (1980-82)
  • Hawk of May
  • Kingdom of Summer
  • In Winter's Shadow
• The Little Wench by Philip Lindsay

21st century

• The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick (re-published UK 2007 & USA 2009)

Book One: The Kingmaking
Bool Two: Pendragon's Banner
Book Three: Shadow of the King

• Avalon High by Meg Cabot
• The Merlin Codex by Robert Holdstock
  • Celtika (2001)
  • The Iron Grail (2002)
  • The Broken Kings (2007)
• Corbenic by Catherine Fisher (2002)
• The House of Pendragon I: The Firebrand by Debra A. Kemp (2003)
• The House of Pendragon II: The Recruit by Debra A. Kemp (2007)
• Sydney Wakefield: Into the Faraway by Kimberly J. Smith
• The Arthur Trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
• Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
• The Tales of King Arthur by Daniel Randall & Ronne Randall
• Eye of the Oracle by Bryan Davis (2006)
• King Arthur and his Ribald Knights by Art Banta (2006)
• Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell (2007)
• The Sangreal Trilogy by Amanda Hemingway
• The Mystic Rose - Celtic Fire by Toney Brooks (2001)
• The Book Of Mordred By Vivian Vande Velde
• Dracula vs. King Arthur By Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno (2007)
• Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
• Knight of Darkness by [http://www.kinleymacgregor.com Kinley MacGregor
• Sons of Avalon: Merlin's Prophecy by Dee Marie (2008)
• The Rose of Camelot by James Philip Cox (2004)
• Camelot Lost by Jessica Bonito (Jessica McHugh) (2008)
• I am Morgan le Fay: A Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer (2002)
• The Valkyries Take the Warriors to Valhalla by Virgilio Campos (2005)
• Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen (2003)

Nonfiction

• Arthur's Britain by Leslie Alcock
• The Return From Avalon by Raymond H. Thompson
• The Quest for Arthur's Britain by Geoffrey Ashe
• The Medieval Quest for Arthur by Robert Rouse and Cory Rushton
• King Arthur - The True Story by Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman
• Pendragon The Origins of Arthur by Steve Blake and Scott Lloyd
• The Arthurian Tradition by John Matthews

See also

'King Arthur Lord of the Grail' Kaye D. Hennig

External links

• Camelot Project