Perceval

[SarahC]

Does anyone recommend a good novel (I am definitely in a fiction mood) that deals largely with Perceval? It can be an older novel as long as I have some chance of finding it somewhere. All suggestions with be appreciated?

[Duntay]

He's also known as Peredur if that helps...he appears in the Mabinogion. Here is a summary of his story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/si...

it is kind of exciting if you can't find anything else..

[Mark]

The Peredur story can be a bit confusing. But there's the medieval stories by Chretien de Troyes and Wolfram von Eschenbach, and they're both very good.



If you are in a mood for a modern novel, I'd suggest the following:

Gerald Morris is one of the most underrated authors of modern Arthurian fiction. Almost as underrated as me, I suppose.

Cheers,
Mark Adderley

[Thalia]

The only one I've read that focuses on Perceval is Kinsmen of the Grail by Dorothy James Roberts. Read it recently. I liked it. It was a bit hard to find though. It's really told more from the POV of Gawin. Another book I have found, but not yet read isPercival's Angelby Anne Eliot Crompton

[SarahC]

Thanks for the titles everyone. I think I will pull out my Mabinogion and start there. I have read the Gerald Morris and Percival's Angel. Morris was good, but I didn't really like the Crompton.

I will keep looking around and post more Perceval if I find some odd titles out there. And I will post some thoughts on Peredur later on.

Thanks all.