Chivalry Booklist - Ms. Webb 2008

Early Britain: historical fiction or fantasy with Middle Ages setting and an emphasis on chivalry

Alpha by author (call numbers of books available at PHS Library are in Bold):

Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three. FIC ALEXANDER

Barron, T. Lost Years of Merlin,Seven Songs of Merlin (series). FIC BARRON

Berger, Thomas. Arthur Rex . FIC BERGER

Borchardt, Alice. The Dragon Queen. FIC BORCHARDT

Bradley, Marion Zimmer. The Mists of Avalon ( -- also several sequels). FIC BRADLEY

Bradshaw, Gillian. Hawk of May (out of print -- two sequels). FIC BRADSHAW

Dickson, Gordon. The Dragon and the George. FIC DICKSON

Sequel: The Dragon in Lyonesse (and others).

Donaldson, Stephen. The Mirror of Her Dreams. FIC DONALDSON

Sequel: A Man Rides Through.

Malory/Steinbeck. The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. 398.2 MALORY

McCaffery, Anne. Black Horses for the King. FIC MCCAFFREY

McKenzie, Nancy. The Child Queen FIC MCKENZIE

Miller, Walter. A Canticle for Liebowitz. FIC MILLER

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. FIC ECO

Paxson, Diana. The White Raven. FIC PAXSON

Riley, Judith Merkle. A Vision of Light.

Stewart, Mary. The Crystal Cave. FIC STEWART

Sequels: The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, The Wicked Day)

Sutcliff, Rosemary. The Sword and the Circle. FIC SUTCLIFF

Sequel: The Light Beyond the Forest.

Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.   FIC TWAIN

Wein, Elizabeth. The Winter Prince. FIC WEIN

Weis, Margaret. Mistress of Dragons.

White, T.H. The Once and Future King (the classic that Disney used). FIC WHITE

Woolley, Persia. Queen of the Summer Stars. FIC WOOLLEY

Wrede, Patricia. Dealing With Dragons. FIC WREDE

Goodkind, Martin. Legends 2: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy.

 

Actually Written in the Middle Ages

Marlowe, Christopher Dr. Faustus (play). 822.3 MARLOWE

Anonymous. Everyman and other mystery/miracle plays. 822 EVERYMAN

Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales (some are poems and some like stories…check). 821 CHAUCER

Heaney, Seamus (trans). Beowulf (other trans. avail., you may not read the middle school one) 829 BEOWULF

Tain, Kinsella . The Tain (translation of Irish hero cycle poem). 891.6 TAIN

Mallory, Sir Thomas. Le Morte d’Arthur. 398 MALORY

 

Renaissance Drama that will fit the tone if you want to read more Shakespeare

Shakespeare, William. As You Like It., Much Ado About Nothing., A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 822.33 SHAKESPEARE