MY FAVOURITE TOPIC. :) I haven't read the comments (although I will, I'm always up for more recs myself!) so apologies if I end up repeating things. Also, I may end up coming back as I can't remember everything on my shelf off the top of my head ...
Sarah Zettels' Camelot Quartet - Camelot's Shadow, Camelot's Honour, Camelot's Sword and Camelot's Blood. They're all absolutely wonderful and focus on the Orkney brothers and various women in their lives. I love these ridiculously, I find them fascinating and beautiful and I love the way they do the stories.
If you want something that's kind of goofy and fun and yet has some really interesting ideas on Arthurian legend, try Gerald Morris's The Squire Tales. My favourites are Sir Gawain, His Squire and His Lady and The Ballard of Sir Dinadan but they're all interesting and fun and charming. I haven't read the last two, looks like they're going to be a bit depressing because, well the ending of Arthurian legend usually is!
If you're receptive to an interesting Mordred story, Elizabeth Wein's The Winter Prince was very good like this and does different things with the story without vilifying Arthur (which I haaaaaaaaaate.)
The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolff. It was an interesting idea, I really liked the relationship between Arthur and Morgana (Morgan? I can't remember what they called her in this one) and it was just really pretty good.
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Date: 2016-07-15 04:47 pm (UTC)Sarah Zettels' Camelot Quartet - Camelot's Shadow, Camelot's Honour, Camelot's Sword and Camelot's Blood. They're all absolutely wonderful and focus on the Orkney brothers and various women in their lives. I love these ridiculously, I find them fascinating and beautiful and I love the way they do the stories.
If you want something that's kind of goofy and fun and yet has some really interesting ideas on Arthurian legend, try Gerald Morris's The Squire Tales. My favourites are Sir Gawain, His Squire and His Lady and The Ballard of Sir Dinadan but they're all interesting and fun and charming. I haven't read the last two, looks like they're going to be a bit depressing because, well the ending of Arthurian legend usually is!
If you're receptive to an interesting Mordred story, Elizabeth Wein's The Winter Prince was very good like this and does different things with the story without vilifying Arthur (which I haaaaaaaaaate.)
The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolff. It was an interesting idea, I really liked the relationship between Arthur and Morgana (Morgan? I can't remember what they called her in this one) and it was just really pretty good.