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Book List
#Year1st ReadTitleAuthor(s)My Rating 
1 1971 1980 The Children of Llyr
Welsh Mabinogion #2
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Evangeline Walton  Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4
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QUEEN
FOR A YEAR


It was a radiant and royal match - Matholuch, King or Ireland, and the beautiful Branwen, own sister to Bran, the giant who ruled Britain.  And for a glorious year they loved and reigned splendidly in Tara.  But then the dark shame that lay behind their marriage was revealed - and, for the sake of his throne and his power, Matholuch cast Branwen into slavery.

For fear of her Brother's vengeance, Branwen and her fate were kept hidden - until the day the coast watchers saw the mighty figure of Bran leading his fleet through the shallow seas to Ireland.  Then Matholuch sent for Branwen and restored her to honor... but it was too late!

"THESE BOOKS ARE NOT ONLY THE BEST FANTASIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT ALSO GREAT WORKS OF FICTION."
- THE SATURDAY REVIEW

PRINCE OF ANNWN
THE CHILDREN OF LLYR
THE SONG OF RHIANNON
THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY

- AVALIABLE FROM DEL REY BOOKS -
2 1936 1980 The Island of the Mighty
Welsh Mabinogion #4
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Evangeline Walton  Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4
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THE
THREE CURSES


Tricked into giving birth to him, the sorceress Arianhod swore that the child should be nameless until she named him... that he should not bear arms until she herself bestowed them... and that he should never love a woman of the human race.

But her brother and lover Gwydion tricked her into bestowing a name, Llew... and Gwydion's wiles brought her to arm him... and then Gwydion called upon his craft to produce a woman who was supremely lovely and ardent in her passion for Llew... yet not human.

"THESE BOOKS ARE NOT ONLY THE BEST FANTASIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT ALSO GREAT WORKS OF FICTION."
- THE SATURDAY REVIEW

PRINCE OF ANNWN
THE CHILDREN OF LLYR
THE SONG OF RHIANNON
THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY

- AVALIABLE FROM DEL REY BOOKS -
3 1958 1979 The Once and Future King
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T H White  Rated 5Rated 5Rated 5Rated 5Rated 5
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THE ONCE
AND FUTURE KING


From the moment of its first publication critics all over the world hailed THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING as a great contemporary classic:


T.H. White has a genius for recreating the physical conditions of the past, the child who reads him will learn far more than all the historians and archeologists could tell of what England was like in the Middle Ages." -DAVID GARNETT


"...one of the greatest works to come out of England in fifty years."  -NANCY SPAIN


"THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING is a once and future book...  Shows every sign of staying a classic. -NEW YORK World-Telegram


"T.H. White with artistry and genius has produced a work which will become without a doubt one of the classics of English literature."  -The American Statesman
4 1974 1980 Prince of Annwn
Welsh Mabinogion #1
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Evangeline Walton  Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4
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DEATH'S
CHAMPION


When Prince Pwyll recognized the Grey Horseman who accosted him in the strange wood as King Arawn, whose other name was Death, he resigned himself to follow him to the drear kingdom of Annwn, where there souls of the departed dwelled.  But Arawn had not sought Pwyll to end his life, rather to set him a task - to fight the one enemy death himself could not  oversome... and, for the combat, Pwyll would have to assume Arawn's own form.  Pwyll, valiant and steadfast, prepared to meet his foe - but was unready for the greatest test he faced... the temptation of the love offered him by the lady whose humband's guise he wore!

"THESE BOOKS ARE NOT ONLY THE BEST FANTASIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT ALSO GREAT WORKS OF FICTION."
- THE SATURDAY REVIEW
5 2020 2023 Second Skin
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Christian White  Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3Rated 3
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From audible.com:

Stan Weir is mourning a tragic loss when he meets a mysterious nine-year-old girl, who claims to be the reincarnated spirit of his late wife. Marcy Keef is a single mother trying to make ends meet when her daughter Erin starts describing 'past life memories'. Neither wants to believe Erin, but as violent secrets are revealed, the truth becomes harder to deny.

With echoes of Stephen King, Second Skin is a propulsive thriller about grief, guilt and truths better left unknown.
6 2012 2023 The Song of Achilles
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Madeline Miller  Rated 2Rated 2Rated 2Rated 2Rated 2
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From audible.com:

The legend begins...

Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. “The best of all the Greeks”—strong, beautiful, and the child of a goddess—Achilles is everything the shamed Patroclus is not. Yet despite their differences, the boys become steadfast companions. Their bond deepens as they grow into young men and become skilled in the arts of war and medicine—much to the displeasure and the fury of Achilles’ mother, Thetis, a cruel sea goddess with a hatred of mortals.

When word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece, bound by blood and oath, must lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.

Built on the groundwork of the Iliad, Madeline Miller’s page-turning, profoundly moving, and blisteringly paced retelling of the epic Trojan War marks the launch of a dazzling career.
7 1972 1980 The Song of Rhiannon
Welsh Mabinogion #3
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Evangeline Walton  Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4Rated 4
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THE CURSE
DESTROYED THEIR REALM -
BUT A STRONG AND CLEVER MAN
MIGHT UNDO EVEN
THE MOST POWERFUL BANE


Overnight, the land of Dyvedd was depopulated.  Only the Prince, his wife, his goddess-mother Rhiannon and her warrior-sage consort Manawyddan were left within its boundaries.

Then Rhiannon and Prince Pryderi vanished.  His wife Kigva and the shrewd Manawyddan, veteran of the disastrous Irish wars of the mighty Bran, were suddenly alone.

All the folk of Dyvedd and the two people Manawyddan loved dearer than life were gone.  But the seventh year after the onset of this mysterious curse was at hand, and now came the one chance to undo the evil that had been wrought.

So Manawyddan set the trap for his occult foe with the richest bait of all... himself.

"THESE BOOKS ARE NOT ONLY THE BEST FANTASIES OF THE 20th CENTURY, BUT ALSO GREAT WORKS OF FICTION."
- THE SATURDAY REVIEW

PRINCE OF ANNWN
THE CHILDREN OF LLYR
THE SONG OF RHIANNON
THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY

- AVAILABLE FROM DEL REY BOOKS -
8 1983 The Sword is Forged
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Evangeline Walton  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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THE SWORD IS FORGED
THE QUEEN OF WARRIORS IS CAPTURED!


Freeborn Antiope, Queen of the Amazons, last Childbearer to the throne of Themiskyra, knew the perils of love-bond with man.  But she could not deny Theseus, magnificent king of Athens, who carried her to his distant kingdom to serve as his wife and queen.

Magically, a great union was born!  But as their passion soared with the winged-strength of a valiant steed, warrior Amazons stormed the gates of Athens.  Sword against sword, man against woman, the fury of battle stained the earth.  For no mortal had ever fought a mightier war for honor, freedom - and a destiny fated by the Gods.

"MARVELOUS... EPIC GRANDEUR...
A BOOK OF WONDERFUL HUMANITY AND GREAT
CLASSIC FORCE." - Marion Zimmer Bradley,
author of The Mists of Avalon






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