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Beowulf
Anonymous
16 days •
ⓘ 700 • A diabolical monster is slaughtering the men in the hall of the King of the Danes. The hero of the Geats arrives to battle the shadowy horror.
Volsunga Saga
Anonymous
24 days •
ⓘ 1250 • Follow the heroic exploits of Sigurd the dragon slayer in this collection of epic tales based on Viking Age poems. One of the great books of world literature.
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Venerable Bede
41 days •
ⓘ 731 • A history of Anglo-Saxon England, hundreds of years before William the Conquer, with a particular focus on the Christian Church.
Ivanhoe
Walter Scott
69 days •
ⓘ 1820 • Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to find England in the midst of the Norman Conquest. He takes up arms in the conflict between his brother John and Richard Coeur de Lion as tries to win the love of Rowena and claim his inheritance.
Egil's Saga
Snorri Sturluson
25 days •
ⓘ 1240 • An Icelandic saga spanning multiple generations of Egil Skallagrimsson‘s family, including Egil’s struggle against the king of England.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Thomas Malory
118 days •
ⓘ 1485 • A reworking of the traditional tales of King Arthur, Guinevere, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table. Malory's version is the best-known version of Arthurian literature and most influential on modern retellings.
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
64 days •
ⓘ 1478 • A group of pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket exchange stories, aiming to win a free meal at the Tabard Inn. An iconic and remarkable portrait of life in the 14th century.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
54 days •
ⓘ 1889 • A Yankee engineer is accidentally sent back in time, but using modern technology manages to convince the court of King Arthur that he is a powerful magician.
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
Joseph Bédier
9 days •
ⓘ 1900 • The medieval tragedy of a forbidden romance between Cornish knight Trisan and Iseult, an Irish princess. A likely influence of Arthurian romance.
The Outlaw of Torn
Edgar Rice Burroughs
20 days •
ⓘ 1927 • In 13th-century England, torn unsunder by civil war, a skilled outlaw with a familiar face strives against the king.
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