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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1–5)
by (shelved 62 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.06 — 120,874 ratings — published 1958
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.13 — 215,015 ratings — published 1982
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.13 — 49,244 ratings — published 1970
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.25 — 57,832 ratings — published 1995
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.91 — 40,085 ratings — published 1485
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.77 — 81,678 ratings — published 1375
Arthurian Romances (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,252 ratings — published 1181
Arthur Meets The President (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.86 — 961 ratings — published 1991
Arthur's Birthday (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 28 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,791 ratings — published 1989
The Hollow Hills (Arthurian Saga, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.25 — 23,343 ratings — published 1973
Arthur's Pet Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,385 ratings — published 1990
Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
by (shelved 25 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.02 — 19,108 ratings — published 1987
Arthur's Halloween (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,824 ratings — published 1982
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.78 — 109,653 ratings — published 1889
The History of the Kings of Britain (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.71 — 7,036 ratings — published 1136
The Last Enchantment (Arthurian Saga, #3)
by (shelved 24 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.18 — 16,948 ratings — published 1979
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.92 — 8,881 ratings — published 1200
Arthur Writes a Story (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 23 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,464 ratings — published 1996
Idylls of the King (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,618 ratings — published 1885
Arthur's Reading Race (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,351 ratings — published 1996
Arthur's Tooth (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 22 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,127 ratings — published 1985
Arthur's Teacher Trouble (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 22 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,794 ratings — published 1987
Arthur's New Puppy (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 22 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,238 ratings — published 1993
Arthur's Baby (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 22 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,119 ratings — published 1987
Arthur's Chicken Pox: An Arthur Adventure (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,666 ratings — published 1994
Arthur's First Sleepover (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,054 ratings — published 1994
Arthur's Valentine (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,590 ratings — published 1980
Arthur's Thanksgiving (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,320 ratings — published 1983
Arthur's Eyes (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 20 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,737 ratings — published 1979
The Book of Merlyn (Once and Future King, #5)
by (shelved 20 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.87 — 10,340 ratings — published 1977
Arthur's Christmas (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 19 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,850 ratings — published 1984
Arthur's Family Vacation (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 19 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,542 ratings — published 1993
The Sword in the Stone (Once and Future King, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.88 — 29,098 ratings — published 1938
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,128 ratings — published 1976
Arthur's TV Trouble (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 18 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.91 — 675 ratings — published 1995
Arthur's April Fool (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 18 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.96 — 917 ratings — published 1982
Arthur Babysits (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 18 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,948 ratings — published 1992
Glasses for D.W. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.04 — 926 ratings — published 1996
Arthur and the True Francine (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.75 — 410 ratings — published 1981
The Wicked Day (Arthurian Saga, #4)
by (shelved 17 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.10 — 12,119 ratings — published 1983
Arthur's Computer Disaster: An Arthur Adventure (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.93 — 691 ratings — published 1997
The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.19 — 10,479 ratings — published 1992
Arthur Goes to Camp (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 15 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,070 ratings — published 1982
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Puffin Classics)
by (shelved 15 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.90 — 7,245 ratings — published 1953
Arthur's Nose (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.74 — 978 ratings — published 1976
Arthur's Teacher Moves In: An Arthur Adventure (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.94 — 505 ratings — published 2000
Arthur's Underwear (Arthur Adventure Series)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 3.93 — 763 ratings — published 1999
Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.44 — 32,604 ratings — published 1997
Arthur (The Pendragon Cycle)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,316 ratings — published 1989
Merlin (The Pendragon Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as arthur)
avg rating 4.11 — 11,496 ratings — published 1987
“From the plotting of strangers and iniquitous
Monks, as the water flows from the fountain,
Sad and heavy will be the day of Cadwallon.
The lines come from the Red Book of Hergest, a collection of Welsh poems written in the late-fourteenth century but containing material that is much older.
This brings us, neatly, to J. R. R. Tolkien. For according to a learned authorial conceit, the source of his tales of Middle-earth was the Red Book of Westmarch. Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University and one of his aims was to create a mythology for England, as the Red Book of Hergest, which contains the Mabinogion and other material, could be said to preserve the mythology of the Britons.
Many if not all the writers and scholars involved in Anglo-Saxon studies first came to the field through reading the professor’s stories – and I am one of them, so it is no accident that this story is called Oswald: Return of the King, in tribute and homage. Tolkien writes of Oswald in his seminal essay Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics and the parallels between him and Aragorn – rightful king in exile returning to claim the throne – are obvious.”
― Oswald: Return of the King
Monks, as the water flows from the fountain,
Sad and heavy will be the day of Cadwallon.
The lines come from the Red Book of Hergest, a collection of Welsh poems written in the late-fourteenth century but containing material that is much older.
This brings us, neatly, to J. R. R. Tolkien. For according to a learned authorial conceit, the source of his tales of Middle-earth was the Red Book of Westmarch. Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University and one of his aims was to create a mythology for England, as the Red Book of Hergest, which contains the Mabinogion and other material, could be said to preserve the mythology of the Britons.
Many if not all the writers and scholars involved in Anglo-Saxon studies first came to the field through reading the professor’s stories – and I am one of them, so it is no accident that this story is called Oswald: Return of the King, in tribute and homage. Tolkien writes of Oswald in his seminal essay Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics and the parallels between him and Aragorn – rightful king in exile returning to claim the throne – are obvious.”
― Oswald: Return of the King
“The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it's useless even to try”
― The Last Enchantment
― The Last Enchantment
