List of Arthurian literature
Appearance
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
Latin
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 Heinrich von dem Turlein
- 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
- Yvain 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
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
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 (1833)
- The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles (1862)
- The Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier (1880)
- Tristram of Lyonesse by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1882)
- Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1856-1885)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (1889)
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 Three Damosels and The Enchantresses by Vera Chapman
- 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 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 Guinevere trilogy by Persia Woolley
- Child of the Northern Spring (1987)
- Queen of the Summer Stars (1991)
- Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn (1993)
- The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles
- Knight Life, One Knight Only and Fall of Knight by Peter David
- The Merlin series by Mary Stewart
- Merlin's Godson by H. Warner Munn
- King of the World's Edge
- The Ship from Atlantis
- Merlin's Ring
- The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio
- The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell
- The Winter King
- Enemy of God
- Excalibur
- By Jane Yolen:
- 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
- Squire's Quest
- The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
- By Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy
- The Forever King
- The Broken Sword
- The Third Magic
- The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead
- Taliesin (1987)
- Merlin (1988)
- Arthur (1989)
- Pendragon (1994)
- Grail (1997)
- Avalon
- The Quest for Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy Non-fiction (1985)
- The Coming of the King: The First Book of Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1988)
- Stones of Power by David Gemmell
- Ghost King (1988)
- Last Sword of Power (1988)
- 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)
- To the Chapel Perilous Naomi Mitchison (1955)
- Our man In Camelot by Anthony Price (1975)(The sixth book in the Dr David Audley series) Uses the Arthur myth as a muguffin in a modern spy thriler.
- 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
- The 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 Dark is Rising, a series written for older children and young adults, by Susan Cooper
- 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)
- The Little Wench by Philip Lindsay
- Merlin (romance) (1978) by Robert Nye
21st century
- In the series "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" by Michael Scott there are many mentions of artifacts and people in the legends of King Arthur.
- The Merlin Codex by Robert Holdstock
- Celtika (2001)
- The Iron Grail (2002)
- The Broken Kings (2007)
- Corbenic by Catherine Fisher (2002)
- I am Morgan le Fay: A Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer (2002)
- Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen (2003)
- The House of Pendragon by Debra A. Kemp
- I: The Firebrand (2003)
- II: The Recruit (2007)
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey (2005)
- Dracula vs. King Arthur By Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno (2007)
- The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick (re-published UK 2007 & USA 2009)
- Book One: The Kingmaking
- Book Two: Pendragon's Banner
- Book Three: Shadow of the King
- Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell (2007)
- Camelot Lost by Jessica Bonito (Jessica McHugh) (2008)
- Avalon High by Meg Cabot
- The Sangreal Trilogy by Amanda Hemingway
- Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
- Knight of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
- Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
- The Book Of Mordred by Vivian Vande Velde
- King Arthur Trilogy by MK Hume
- Book One: Dragons Child
- Book Two: Warrior of the West
- Book Three: The Bloody Cup
- Merlin Trilogy
- Book One: Prophecy: Clash of Kings
- The Return of Arthur: The Call of Destiny (Book One) by Alan Fenton
- The Return of Arthur: The Hour of Camelot (Book Two) by Alan Fenton
Nonfiction
- Arthur's Britain by Leslie Alcock
- 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
- The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650 John Morris
See also
'King Arthur Lord of the Grail' Kaye D. Hennig