Arthurian Fiction

Beatrice Clay's retelling of Arthurian tales remain as vibrant today as when they first became a popular success eighty years ago. Sir Galahad, Sir Launcelot, Queen Guenevere and Morgan Le Fey, all these beloved characters are brought together for a vibrant recreation of life in the Middle Ages. This great treasure-house of stories is to English culture what the stories of Ulysses and Aeneas were to the Greeks and Latins, a national inheritance of which they should be, and are, proud.

Sinead is on holiday from Ireland, visiting a castle in England. There, the famous sword Excalibur is on display, and tourists flock to have their picture taken trying to pull it out of the stone. Astonishingly, when it comes to Sinead's turn, the sword comes free. Soon the crowds are shouting, "All hail Queen Sinead!"

Sir Gadabout is a walking disaster. Voted the 'knight most likely to chop his own foot off in a fight', he shivers in his rusty armour when he has to face the brave Sir Lancelot in a joust.

Meet Sir Gadabout - the "Worst Knight in the World". When Excalibur is stolen, Sir Gads sets off with his trusty band of followers to find the evil Sir Rudyard the Rancid. They must face the worst if they are to return the mighty sword to its rightful home.

The Sword in the Stone is the first novel in The Once and Future King, T. H. White's epic fantasy re-telling of the Arthurian legend. A cartoon adaptation by Walt Disney made it into an enduring favourite for the young.

When Prince Baudouin's infant son, Alexander, grows to manhood, he sets out for Camelot to avenge his father's death. Years before, his father was murdered in cold blood by Alexander's jealous uncle, the King of Cornwall. Young Alexander journeys to Camelot seeking justice, but his path is diverted, first to a dark tower where he is bewitched by the sorceress Morgan Le Fay. He then meets a beautiful young woman named Alice, who has also encountered many dangers on her pilgrimages to the Holy Land. As they travel together, their connection grows beyond their separate purposes.

Annabelle, like all of her fairy friends, desperately wants to be a rose fairy when she grows up. But when things go horribly wrong at the Great Selecting ceremony, the fairy queen tells Annabelle she will have to spend the rest of her life as a fart fairy! As Annabelle's childhood friends distance themselves from her, Annabelle's family - especially her goofy brother, Fevrile - tell her everything will be all right. But, she knows better than to believe them.

In this, the second volume of his Tales of King Arthur series, Hudson Talbott masterfully retells the saga of Arthur's early days as leader of Britain, his building of Camelot, and the dedication of the Round Table--a unique brotherhood of knights devoted to unity and peace.

When the young Arthur pulled the sword from the stone and became High King of all Britain, he didn't realize that an even greater task lay ahead: that of uniting his country behind him. Narration by Christian Coulson (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets).

Le roi de Bretagne vient de mourir. Afin d'accéder au trône, le dangereux seigneur Vertigier fait assassiner le prince Moine, héritier naturel. Pour se prémunir contre la vengeance des frères de Moine, Vertigier fait alors construire une tour, qui ne cesse de s'effondrer. On lui parle alors du jeune Merlin, un enfant un peu magicien. Les pouvoirs de ce dernier iront bien au-delà de ce que pense Vertigier.

Le petit roi Arthur en a assez ! Avec Exalidure, son épée légendaire, il casse et embroche tout sur son passage. La faire devenir molle comme du chewing-gum serait parfait ! Mais une lame en caoutchouc est-elle capable de vaincre un énorme dragon ?

Cykl klasycznych legend arturiańskich w uproszczonych adaptacjach dla dzieci. Pragnąc wyleczyć się z miłości do królowej Ginewry, Lancelot opuszcza Camelot w poszukiwaniu przygód, które pomogą mu oderwać myśli od ukochanej. Okazja nadarza się, gdy nieszczęśnik musi stawić czoła budzącemu postrach rycerzowi w czarnej zbroi i na rozkaz mrocznej czarodziejki dokonać niemożliwego wyboru.

Ecoutez la merveilleuse histoire de Lancelot du Lac, cet enfant élevé par la mystérieuse fée Viviane, devenu ensuite un véritable héros à la cour du Roi Arthur. Sous les yeux admiratifs de la belle Guenièvre, il multiplie les exploits, pourchasse les traîtres et les adversaires du Royaume et accède au suprême honneur de siéger parmi les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde. Le récit sonore de l'aventure de Lancelot est animé par plusieurs voix et accompagnée de plus de trente morceaux de musique classique.

Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot - the simple Perceval, the thoughtful Bors, the rash Gawain, the weak Lancelot and the saintly Galahad - as they journey through danger and temptation to reach the elusive Holy Grail.

Rose is the youngest of Sir Roland's three children, and the best beloved. When her father fails to come back from an attempt to rescue the princess from a neighboring kingdom from the notorious and mysterious Black Knight, Rose does not hesitate to strap on her father's old armor, the red faded almost to invisibility, and ride into the dark forest to help him. There she herself encounters the Black Knight. Once she has defeated him, she learns his terrible secret, as well as her father's awful fate.

King Arthur rules his realm from the shining castle of Camelot. Arthur relies on the wisdom of his wife, Guinivere, and on the bravery of his Knights of the Round Table. But dark forces are at work in Camelot. Enemies in Arthur's midst seek to take his throne. Rumors about Guinivere and Arthur's best knight and friend, Lancelot, set in motion a terrible conflict. Will Arthur fight to restore the peace in his kingdom, or is this the end of Camelot?

Tom Pouce est un héros du folklore britannique dont la taille n'excédait pas celle du pouce de son père. C'est un des personnages les plus répandus dans les folklores européens. Lu avec verve et brio par Olivier Lecerf.

The tale is set during King Arthur's reign. The witty Jack encounters terrible giants, each one more threatening and dangerous than the others. They devour cattle, emprison women, and maintain the country in a state of fear and confusion; but, armed only with his brain and a few magical objects he gathered, Jack will gain the advantage and slay the monsters.