Any recommendations for spinning of the Arthurian legends?
I've been meaning to try the Bernard Cornwell series The Warlord Chronicles, but it is a ways down my TBR list.
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For a very different take on Arthuran legend Parke Godwin Firelord. I suggest skipping the sequel Beloved Exile. The Last Rainbow, the third in the series is first rate, but only peripherally Arthuran - about St. Patrick, but ties him to Arthuran legend. The series has what may be the best take ever on "Faerie" . Beloved Exile is weakened by losing that focus, and also by taking rape lightly (IMO).
Consuela - Jun 10, 2012 7:52:37 am PDT #19134 of 28342
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Any recommendations for spinning of the Arthurian legends?
Ginger got in first. Rosemary Sutcliff has a series of novels set in Roman Britain, starting with Eagle of the Ninth (yes, that one). The Lantern Bearers is very good, and leads right into Sword at Sunset, which is gorgeously-written, well-researched (for the time, anyway), and totally heartbreaking. It's my ur-text for Arthur, and one of the reasons why most adaptations (written or filmed) don't do it for me.
Consuela - Jun 10, 2012 7:53:56 am PDT #19135 of 28342
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Oh! That said, Gillian Bradshaw's Arthur sequence, starting with Hawk of May, is really good. And I hear great things about Elizabeth Wein, although I haven't gotten around to her yet.
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Amy - Jun 10, 2012 7:58:52 am PDT #19136 of 28342
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My YA book club is reading it this month, Consuela. I've heard it's fantastic.
sumi - Jun 10, 2012 8:51:38 am PDT #19137 of 28342
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I loved the Bradshaw trilogy.
Of course, the oldie is Mary Stewart's Merlin books. (Which I haven't read in ages and don't know how they stand up.)
Ginger - Jun 10, 2012 8:58:09 am PDT #19138 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
starting with Eagle of the Ninth (yes, that one).
Did you see the movie, Consuela? From what I saw about it, I thought it was better to pretend it didn't exist.
I'm trying to reread all the dolphin ring Sutcliffs, and I'm up to Sword at Sunset now. The Lantern Bearers is pretty heartbreaking too. Many of her books I would not tagged as Young Adult, although heart breaking is more the norm these days.
sumi - Jun 10, 2012 9:27:00 am PDT #19139 of 28342
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Are the Roman Britain books part of the Dolphin Ring books?
Consuela - Jun 10, 2012 9:38:00 am PDT #19140 of 28342
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Are the Roman Britain books part of the Dolphin Ring books?
Yup. I think all the Roman Britain books are part of the Dolphin Ring sequence. What I hadn't realized was how late the Dolphin Ring ran--she even included The Shield Ring, which is set post-Hastings.
Ginger - Jun 10, 2012 10:27:51 am PDT #19141 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
On reason I started the re-read is that I came across a list a kind soul had put on the web:
The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) - 129 AD
The Silver Branch (1957) - 284 AD
Frontier Wolf (1980) - 343 AD
The Lantern Bearers (1959) - 410+ AD
Sword At Sunset (1963) - 5th century
Dawn Wind (1961) - mid-late 6th century
The Shield Ring (1956) - 11th century