Druid and Celtic Fiction
- Anderson, Paul L.
- For
Freedom and For Gaul
- Biblo and Tannen
Pages: 293
- Price:
- ISBN: 0-8196-0102-0
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- Ashley, Michael (ed)
- The
Camelot Chronicles : Heroic Adventures from the Time of King Arthur
- Carroll & Graf 1994
Pages:
- Price: $12.95
- ISBN: 0786700858
- After the runaway
success of The Pendragon Chronicles, Mike Ashley brings together further stories
of heroism and virtue from the age of the Knights of the Round Table, written
by some of fantasy's bestselling authors, as well as famous names from literature.
The mediaeval Arthurian world of chivalry and knight errantry is brought once
more to life by this absorbing collection of stories. Including Jane Yolen's
"The Quiet Monk", Elizabeth Stuart Phelp's "The True Story
of Guenever", P.C. Wodehouse's "Sir Agravaine", Hilaire Belloc's
short novel, The Romance of Tristan and Iseult, and John T. Aquino's "The
Sad Wizard". There are brand new stories specially written for the collection
by Keith Taylor, Phyllis Ann Kart, Don Wilcox, Darrell Schweitzer, and Peter
Tremayne, as well as classic tales of gallantry and heroism from a great and
bygone era.
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Ashley, Michael (ed)
- The
Chronicles of the Holy Grail
- Carroll & Graf 1996
Pages:
- Price: $10.36
- ISBN: 0786703636
- A READERS COMMENTS:
Good collection of new and rare reprint material. This collection contains
twenty-two stories, thirteen original to this volume, and the others covering
publications from 1849-1988. The book is set out to foollow the Grail's chronology
from its arrival in Britain, through the appearance to Arthur's knights and
their subsequent quest adventures, to its final revelation to Lancelot. Appended
are stories, as oposed to the earlier legends, taking place after the grail
vanishes, and even possible present day reappearances. The range of authors
and different periods of writing provide a wealth of variations on the theme.
Influences from the Welsh legends, Roman references and various prior tellings
add richness to the overall efect. Despite the underlying grail theme, there's
not the boredom of too much sameness between stories, thanks to the various
authorial voices and so much available source material. Recommended for the
new fiction, plus reprints of rare pieces, "The Chronicles of the Holy
Grail" should delight both fantasy readers and Arthurian scholars.
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Ashley, Michael (ed)
- The
Chronicles of the Round Table
- Carroll & Graf 1997
Pages: 448
- Price: $10.36
- ISBN: 0786704640
- From Kirkus Reviews
, 09/15/97: This addition to Ashley's Chronicles series of Arthurian tales
comprises 19 new stories, 4 reprints, 190251, and an afterword in which Marion
Zimmer Bradley and Parke Godwin discuss their own and other Arthurian works.
Otherwise, the knights themselves (often the more obscure ones) take center
stage in stories mostly based on traditional sources, including: Gereint and
the hedge of mist, Sagremor's African origins, Tor's fight with Abbo (Abelleus),
Lionel the irrepressible, Bedivere and Vortiporix, Blamor vs. Tristan, Brandiles
vs. Gawain, Yder vs. Abbadan the troll, the Brown Knight Without Pity, Villiers
the Valiant, Fergus of Galloway, and Pelleas and Nimue. Worth a browse for
Arthur's faithful legions.
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Ashley, Michael (ed)
- The
Pendragon Chronicles : Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur
- 1990 Pages:
- Price:
- ISBN: 0872263355
- Sixteen stories based
on the Arthurian tradition, by such authors as John Steinbeck, Jane Yolen,
Andre Norton, and others. Also included are a helpful guide to Arthurian names
and characters and a bibliography of "100 Years of Arthurian Fiction."
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Attanasio, AA
- The
Dragon and the Unicorn
- Harper 1997 Pages:
560
- Price: $5.20
- ISBN: 0061057797
- The demon Lailoken,
as old as time, is tricked by Fire-lords and trapped in a human body. He becomes
Merlinus, a wandering wise man expert in magic, destined to work for good
among humans, opposed by the Furor (Woden). An encounter with the unicorn--a
spirit similarly earthbound--brings him to Ygrane, queen of the Celts, and
she sets him a task to find her king, a man seen in vision and fated to be
her love-match. Merlinus-Lailoken seeks and finds him: Theodosius, a stable
worker. But Ygrane has commanded the demon-wizard to bring her a king, so
Merlinus sets to work making one
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Attanasio, AA
- The
Eagle and the Sword
- Harper 1997 Pages:
304
- Price: $11.20
- ISBN: 0061092983
- Merlinus has fostered
the future king of Britain with Kyner, a Celtic chieftain, protected by obscurity
from the jealous hatred of the sorceress Morgeu. As Arthor [sic] grows to
manhood, though, he becomes a twisted creature, loving violence and hating
himself. What kind of king will he be? A chance journey leading to woodland
encounters shapes his character and settles his destiny.
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Attanasio, AA
- The
Wolf and the Crown
- Harper 1998 Pages:
368
- Price: $11.20
- ISBN: 0061053708
- Attanasio's eagerly-awaited
third installment of his Arthurian saga is a tale rich in myth and magic wherein
young King Arthur must defend his kingdom from the Saxon warriors who threaten
to devour all of Britain.
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Berger, Thomas
- Arthur
Rex : A Legendary Novel
- 1990 Pages:
- Price:
- ISBN: 0316091464
Boudreaux, Aleta
Song of the
White Swan
Laughing Owl Pub, 12/97
$10.00
ISBN: 0965970167
Review by David Carl O’Neal - PaciŞc Coast Press “Ancient gods reigned
among the people’s hearts in Brittany, but the dawning of the 16th century
and the growth of the Church of Rome threatened the old ways. This classical
quest reveals an unlikely heroine, Antoinette Charboneau, and blends deceit
with the search for love and truth into a mythical adventure.
Antoinette’s spiritual gifts and closeness to the throne of Brittany give
her attainment of faith, plus power and inşuence in European Courts, but suddenly
the threats are immediate, personal and deadly. Seeking to aid Brittany and
her Queen, she is swept into an unexpected journey that challenges her friendships,
family ties and personal faith. Filled with romance, magic, rivalry and exploration,
this novel builds toward a precarious future.The Song of the White Swan is a
well-crafted story, Şlled with magic, history and adventure. It is a compelling
read.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer
- Lady
of Avalon
- Viking Press 1997
Pages: 386
- Price: US$24.95
- ISBN: 0670857831
- An evocative prequel
to The Mists of Avalon recalls the origins and history of Avalon and the prophecy
of the birth of the great King Arthur, as seen through the successive lives
of three powerful priestesses--Caillean, Teleri, and Viviane, the Lady of
the Lak
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer
- The
Firebrand: Epic Retelling of the Fall of Troy
- Penguin 1987 Pages:
- Price:
- ISBN: 0-14017-720-5
- (Similar in approach
to MZB's works on the Arturian saga.)
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer
- The
Forest House
- New American Library
Trade 1995 Pages:
- Price: US15.95
- ISBN: 0451454243
- The author of The
Mists of Avalon returns with another epic of a woman's mythic role at a turning
point in England's legendary history
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer
- The
Mists of Avalon
- Del Rey 1987 Pages:
- Price: US$14
- ISBN: 0345350499
- From 500 Great Books
by Women; review by Gloria Bauermeister : "There is no such thing as
a true tale. Truth has many faces and the truth is like to the old road to
Avalon; it depends on your own will and your own thoughts, whither the road
will take you." The Mists of Avalon is a story of another time and place.
It's the legendary saga of King Arthur and his companions at Camelot, their
battles, love, and devotion, told this time from the perspective of the women
involved. Viviane is "The Lady of the Lake," the magical priestess
of the Isle of Avalon, a special mist-shrouded place which becomes more difficult
to reach as people turn away from its nature- and Goddess-oriented religion.
Viviane's quest is to find a king who will be loyal to Avalon as well as to
Christianity. This king will be Arthur. Gwenhwyfar, Arthur's Queen, is an
overly pious, fearful woman who successfully sways her husband into betraying
his allegiance to Avalon. Set against her is Morgaine of the Fairies, Arthur's
sister, love, and enemy - and the most powerfully believable person in the
book - who manipulates the characters like threads in a tapestry to achieve
her tragic and heroic goals. The Mists of Avalon becomes a legend seen through
new eyes, with details, majestic language, and haunting foreshadowing that
hold the reader through its more than 800 pages
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Bromwich, Rachel
- Culhwch
and Olwen : An Edition and Study of the Oldest Arthurian Tale
- 1993 Pages:
- Price:
- ISBN: 070831127X
- The Merriam-Webster
Encylopedia of Literature , 04/01/95: Culhwch also spelled Kulhwch, Welsh
Culhwch ac Olwen. Welsh prose romance (c. 1100), one of the earliest known
that treats Arthurian subject matter. It is a lighthearted tale that skillfully
incorporates themes from mythology, folk literature, and history. The earliest
form of the story survives in an early 14th-century manuscript called The
White Book of Rhydderch, and the first translation of the story into modern
English was made by Lady Charlotte Guest from The Red Book of Hergest (c.
1375-1425) and was included in her translation of Mabinogion. The story uses
the folk formula of a stepmother's attempt to thwart her stepson. Culhwch,
after refusing to marry the daughter of his stepmother, is told by her that
he shall never wed until he wins Olwen, the daughter of the malevolent giant
Yspadadden Penkawr. Because of a prophecy that if she marries he will die,
Olwen's father first tries to kill Culhwch but then agrees to the marriage
if Culhwch performs several perilous feats and brings him the 13 treasures
he desires. Culhwch is aided in several of his adventures by his cousin Arthur
and some of Arthur's men, including Kei (Sir Kay) and Gwalchmei (Sir Gawain).
Culhwch returns to Yspadadden with only part of his goal accomplished, kills
him, and marries Olwen.
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Bromwich, Rachel
- Medieval
Celtic literature : a select bibliography
- Pages:
- Price:
- ISBN: 0802021700
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Carmichael, Alexander
- CARMINA
GADELICA: Charms of the Gaels : Hymns and Incantations Collected In The Highlands
and Islands of Scotland In The Last Century
- Lindisfarne 1992
Pages: 512
- Price: $15.96
- ISBN: 0940262509
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Clarke, Lindsay
- Essential
Celtic Mythology : Stories That Change the World
- Thorsons Pub April
1997 Pages: 240
- Price: 9.60
- ISBN: 1855384779
- Nine stories offer
armchair adventures of love, war, and honor and highlight values central to
ancient Celtic culturevalues that continue to shape and inspire the Western
mind. These tales bring to life a world of miraculous events and acts of passion,
peopled with fair maidens, brave warriors, giants, and ogresa world governed
by the virtues of fairness, generosity, wisdom, and loyalty. A fresh, contemporary
retelling of classic stories of Celtic mythology.
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De Waal, Esther (ed)
- The
Celtic Vision
- St Bedes Pubns July
1990 Pages: 263
- Price: 10.36
- ISBN: 0932506836
- Table of Poems from
Poem Finder® : The Aiding by Unknown Angel Guardian by Unknown The Baptism
By The Knee-woman by Unknown
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Deane, Seamus
- A
Short History of Irish Literature
- Unov of Notre Dame
Pr 1994 Pages:
- Price: $17.50
- ISBN: 0268017514
- 1. The Gaelic background
2. The formation of the Anglo-Irish literary tradition, 1690-1800 3. The Celtic
revival, 1780-1880 4. Nineteenth-century fiction 5. The drama: Farquhar to
Shaw 6. Irish modernism: poetry and drama 7. Irish modernism: fiction 8. Contemporary
literature, 1940-80 Select bibliography Chronology of important dates from
1550-1980
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Dillon, Myles
- Early
Irish Literature
- Intl Spec Book Svc
1994 Pages: 192
- Price: $15.00
- ISBN: 1851821775
- An introduction with
summaries of many texts from Old Irish literature
-
Dillon, Myles
- The
Cycles of the Kings
- Intl Spec Book Svc
1994 Pages:
- Price: $15.00
- ISBN: 1851821783
- Detailed summaries
including a considerable amount of translation of most of the texts of these
cycles
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Dozoid, D and Williams, S (eds)
- Isaac
Asimov's Camelot
- Ace 1998 Pages: 256
- Price: $4.79
- ISBN: 0441005276
- A collection of short
stories about Camelot and King Arthur, these tales havepreviously appeared
in the award-winning "Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine".Contributors
include Roger Zelazny, Jane Yolen, Tanith Lee, Michael Stanwick, Esther M.
Friesner, Ian McDowell, Megan Lindholm, and many more.
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Eickhoff, Randy Lee
- The
Raid: a dramatic retelling of Ireland's Epic tale
- Forge 1997 Pages:
283
- Price: US$23
- ISBN: 0-312-86238-5
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Greene, David (ed)
- Golden
Treasury of Irish Poetry :600-1200
- Irish Books & Media
1990 Pages:
- Price:
- ISBN: 0863221130
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Gregory, Isabella (Lady)
- Gods
and Fighting Men : The Story of the Tuatha De Danaan Abd the Fianna of Ireland
- Dufour 1976 Pages:
- Price: $11.96
- ISBN: 0901072370
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Guler, KC
- Into
the Path of Gods
- Bardsong 1998 Pages:
413
- Price: $22.95
- ISBN: 0966037103
- A rich and sweeping
novel of intrigue and passion, honor and betrayal, Into the Path of Gods is
the first installment of the spectacular Macsen's Treasure series. Set in
the turbulent twenty-five year period leading to Arthur of Britain's reign,
it is the story of Marcus ap Iorwerth, Welsh spy and master of disguise, who
seeks to avert the age-old bane of warfare by sabotaging mercenary invaders
and creating ways to unite feuding British political rivals. In the course
of his work, he discovers his true love, Claerwen, an ethereal woman with
the gift of visions who comes to share his dream of a united Celtic Britain,
free of barbarians. Together they become ensnared in a dangerous conspiracy
involving the priceless sacred symbols of Britain's high kings, known collectively
as Macsen's Treasure. Using wits, tenacious courage and just plain audacity,
they help clear the path for the rightful high king to take the crown of Britain,
and in the process, discover the truth of Macsen's Treasure.
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Jones, Mary
- Avalon
- Naiad 1991 Pages:
237
- Price: $7.96
- ISBN: 0941483967
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Koch, John
- The
Celtic Heroic Age : Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe and Early Ireland
and Wales
- Celtic Studies Pubns
Inc 1994 Pages:
- Price: $24.00
- ISBN: 0964244608
-
Lawhead, Stephen
- Arthur
( Pendragon Cycle, No 3)
- Avon 1997 Pages:
448
- Price: $5.59
- ISBN: 380708906
- King Arthur narrowly
prevails through a period of intense warfare and treachery to bring peace
to the Summer Kingdom. But soon he faces his greatest threat--a deadly trap
set by the sorceress Margain with his beloved Queen Gwenhwyvar as the bait!.
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Lawhead, Stephen
- Merlin
(The Pendragon Cycle , No 2)
- Avon 1997 Pages:
464
- Price: $5.59
- ISBN: 038070613X
- Through a series
of grave trials, Merlin the bard and holy man is readied for his life work--to
bring about the Kingdom of Summer and prepare the way for Britain's great
ruler.
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Lawhead, Stephen
- Pendragon
( Pendragon Cycle, No 4)
- Avon 1995 Pages:
448
- Price: $5.59
- ISBN: 0380717573
- In this fourth volume
of the epic fantasy adventure series, King Arthur faces his greatest challenge--battling
against the twin evils of invading hordes and the foul plague that threatens
to destroy his people and land. The young king must prove his greatness once
and for all. If he fails, it will be the devastation of his dreams. Previously
published.
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Lawhead, Stephen
- Taliesin
(The Pendragon Cycle , No 1)
- Avon 1997 Pages:
496
- Price: $5.59
- ISBN: 038070613X
- When Celtic chieftains
struggle for survival in the twilight of ROme's power, one heroic figure towers
over all--a man of grandeur and grace, meekness and majesty, beauty and truth--Prince
Taliesin. Taliesin is the winner of several awards, including the Campus Life
Book of the Year, Silver Angel, and ECPA Gold Medallion.
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Lacey, JL, Ashe G., Mancoff, Debra
- The
Arthurian Handbook
- Garland 1997 Pages:
400
- Price: $25.95
- ISBN: 0815320817
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Llywelyn, Morgan
- Bard:
The Odyssey of the Irish
- Tor Books 1984 Pages:
465
- Price: US$6.99
- ISBN: 0812585151
- Bard is the sweeping
historical tale of the coming of the Irish to Ireland, and of the men and
women who made the Emerald Isle their own.
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Llywelyn, Morgan
- Brian
Boru: Emporer of the Irish
- Ivy Books 1990 Pages:
214
- Price: US$4.99
- ISBN: 0812544617
- Just a boy when he
witnesses the horrors of invasion on his small clan in the west of Ireland--an
attack that leaves his mother and two of his brothers dead--Brian Boru swears
to one day put an end to his country's sufferings by stopping the clan wars,
uniting the people of Ireland, and halting forever the threat of the Norsemen
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Llywelyn, Morgan
- Druids
- Ivy Books 1991 Pages:
465
- Price: US$5.99
- ISBN: 0804108447
- The author of the
international bestsellers Lion of Ireland and Red Branch delivers a rich,
magical epic of Druid destiny during the Gallic Wars. Ainvar, "The Traveler,"
possesses amazing mystical powers that will help to unify the free Gauls to
fight the invading Romans. "Vividly portrays the Druid rituals."--Publishers
Weekly. HC: Morrow
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Llywelyn, Morgan
- Finn
Mac Cool
- Tor Books 1990 Pages:
- Price: US$6.99
- ISBN: 0812524012
- Somewhere in the
shadowy borderland between myth and history is the territory of Finn Mac Cool.
The mightiest of the Irish heroes, he was a man of many faces: warrior, poet,
lover, creator and destroyer. He had it all and lost it but, in the end, gained
immortality.
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Llywelyn, Morgan
- Lion
Of Ireland
- Tor Books 1996 Pages:
- Price: US$6.99
- ISBN: 0812553993
- Brian Boru was stronger,
braver, and wiser than all other men--the greatest king Ireland has ever known.
Out of the mists of the country's most violent age, he emerged to lead his
people to the peak of their golden era. Set against the barbaric splendors
of the tenth century, this is a story rich in truth and legend--in which friends
become deadly enemies.
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Llywelyn, Morgan
- Red
Branch
- Ivy Books 1990 Pages:
- Price: US$5.95
- ISBN: 080410591X
- Cuchulain was a fatherless
boy, yearning to join the warrior elite--the Red Branch. He was protected
from above by the bloodthirsty raven god of war and destined to become the
Champion of Champions. But he faced the ultimate foe in the murderous Lady
Maeve and was pushed to the ultimate sacrifice--his best friend! HC: Morrow.
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Llywelyn, Morgan
- The
Elementals
- Tor Books 1994 Pages:
- Price: US$6.99
- ISBN: 0812518152
- This environmental
fantasy reveals the majesty of the Earth and the power of the elementals:
water, fire, earth, and air.
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Loomis, Roger Sherman
- Celtic
Myth and Athurian Romance
- Academy Chicago Pub
Sept 1994 Pages:
- Price: 13.56
- ISBN: 0094733503
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Mac Cana, Proinsias
- The
mabinogi
- Pages:
- Price:
- ISBN: 0708306551
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Mackillop, James
- Fionn
Mac Cumhail : Celtic Myth in English Literature
- Syracuse Univ Pr
1986 Pages:
- Price: 44.95
- ISBN: 0815623445
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MacLean, Sorley
- From
Wood to Ridge : Collected Poems in Gaelic and English
- Carcanet 1989 Pages:
- Price: $62.00
- ISBN: 0856358444
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Markale, Jean
- King
of the Celts : Arthurian Legends and Celtic Tradition
- Inner Trad. 1993
Pages: 312
- Price: $11.96
- ISBN: 0892814527
- From Booklist , 03/01/94:
Markale opens with an argumentative introduction about historians' general
reluctance to deal with myths and oral traditions. She moves directly into
a discussion of how Arthurian lore in the medieval world was comcreated by
ardent and undiscriminating propagandists of the courtly nobility who misappropriated
Celtic legends and in the process betrayed and ridiculed them. Her survey
of Arthurian legendry in Celtic history purports that through such Celtic
notions of kingship, especially the king's obligation to the people, his role
was clarified as more than one of personal gain or divine right. For serious
students of Arthurian legends and history.
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Matthews, John
- A
Celtic Reader : Selections from Celtic Legend, Scholarship and Story
- Thorsons 1992 Pages:
320
- Price: $14.40
- ISBN: 1-85538-228-8
- Tales of adventure,
magic, mystery, and wonder from pre-Christian Ireland and Arthurian Britain--features
excerpts from The Mabinogion, Taliesin's poetry, and selections from Iolo
Morgannwg, Thomas Samuel Jones, Ross Nichols, "A. E.," and many
more.
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Matthews, John
- The
Song of Taliesin : Stories and Poems from the Books of Broceliande
- Aquarian/Thorsons
Pages: